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Hello, I'm David Kern.

I'm Heidi White.

And I'm Tim McIntosh.

And you are listening to Close Reads, a podcast for the Incurable Reader, brought to you by

Goldberry Studios.

We're here to discuss Willa Cather's.

Death comes for the Archbishop.

Every time I say her name, I have to remind myself to say Cather, not Cather, not Cather, but Cather.

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