First Draft Episode #311: Doree Shafrir

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Doree Shafrir, co-host of the Forever35 podcast and author of Startup, joins us to talk about her debut memoir, Thanks For Waiting: The Joy (& Weirdness) of Being a Late Bloomer.

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Links to Topics Mentioned In This Episode:

Harriett the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Slate
Gawker
Ben Smith, founding editor in chief of Buzzfeed News and now a reporter on the media for the New York Times
Acast, podcast network
Carrie Frye, book editor
Doree and Kate’s column for InStyle

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