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Pagan Kennedy
"The Bald Spot"

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Pop-culture critic Pagan Kennedy is the author of six books, including The Exes, Pagan Kennedy's Living: A Handbook for Maturing Hipsters, and Spinsters. She has written for publications as diverse as the Village Voice Literary Supplement, The Nation and Mademoiselle.

"Kennedy, a Boston 'zine editor, is brave to explore such literary moments of discovery; they're riskier than the Generation X literary staples of ennui and apathy." - Ms. Magazine

In this MP3Lit.com original recording, Kennedy reads her new short story "The Bald Spot".

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