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Opinionated Animals with Michelle Lerner

Bill has a cold this week, but the podcast must go on!

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt (The Superman Wars) and Lara Bernhardt (Shadow of the Taj) discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Michelle Lerner, the author of the new memoir, A Series of Opinionated Animals, which welcomes readers into an astonishing world where the line between rescue and civil disobedience is blurred. She is also the author of a novel titled Ring which was longlisted for the Aspen Words Literary Prize.

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