{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"#13: From Côte d’Ivoire to the California Coast","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61004fe4a4d9fae972ef6d30/61005032d9f77c0012135952.png?height=200","description":"Julia Lichtblau takes us to an elite secondary school in Abidjan that’s changing the lives of African girls; Steve Early shows how Richmond, California, became a progressive beacon; and Phillip Lopate tells us what he thinks about confiding your darkest secrets.\n\n
\n\nMentioned in this episode:\n\n• Julia Lichtblau on the smart girls of Côte d’Ivoire\n• Phillip Lopate’s collection of essays for us on his blog, Full Disclosure\n• Emily Fox Gordon’s essay on the central conflict of the memoir, whether to confess or confide\n\n
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