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The Roundtable

Lucy Sante discusses "I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition" as part of Memoir-A-Go-Go! panel at Woodstock Bookfest

By Joe Donahue

Published March 21, 2024 at 11:13 AM EDT

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Book cover for "I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition" by Lucy Sante

Lucy Sante is the author of "Low Life," "Evidence," "The Factory of Facts," "Kill All Your Darlings," "Folk Photography," "The Other Paris," "Maybe the People Would Be the Times," and "Nineteen Reservoirs."

Her most recent book is "I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition." She will participate in the Memoir-A-Go-Go! panel at this year's Woodstock Bookfest on Sunday, March 24.

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