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Archive: Imprint season 14 episode 9

Imprint

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On this show: a group of brash twenty-something Toronto women celebrate their size in books and onstage. Host Tina Srebotnjak interviews author Pat Conroy about his new book "The Losing Season,, a look at his year in college basketball. Various authors reveal their hidden talents. In a new book called "Passages: Welcome Home to Canada" celebrated Canadian authors explore the excitement and anguish of leaving their home countries.

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Jun 02, 2003

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