Caitlin Flanagan just called…and we had a good chat

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Huh. Caitlin Flanagan just called me up to discuss my blog post regarding her body of work.

She was mostly curious as to what part of the most recent article had triggered the rant. I have to say, of all the conversations I had today, that was the one I least expected.

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3 Comments

Maria Ragucci · September 13, 2008 at 10:15 am

That must have been awkward- a lot of gulping on your part? But your rant against her was deserved!

Patrice Sarath · September 13, 2008 at 10:29 am

Hah — I was pretty surprised to say the least. But it ended up being a very interesting conversation.

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