Author Mary Norris

By Tina Renick

Published August 11, 2023 at 11:51 AM EDT

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Author, writer and copy editor for “The New Yorker” Mary Norris goes into depth about the wine-dark sea and about her thing, a tin pitcher. A repeat broadcast from September 23, 2022.

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