Ep 17: Uphill Slushies, Langan Third & The Correspondent (with Erica Tarpey)

Doug Reads With Friends · Oct 24, 2026 · 44m

Doug and Erica Tarpey met across the hall on Langan Third at Grinnell College in 1989 and have kept making time for each other ever since. They talk about Colorado roots, chosen family, finding the right work, and what might come after thirty years of practicing law. Along the way: uphill slushies, a prison-trained escape artist, and the prospect of coffee, books, and a dog without work email interrupting. Erica’s choice, The Correspondent by Virginia Evans, brings them to letters, the comfort of rules, and the ways we preserve a friendship and a record of our lives.

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