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Welcome to Quarry. Hey, Kweros, Kimmy here.

Well, today's episode is a chat with writer Kamala Pullegabla. Oh boy, we talk about a lot of different stuff,

but mostly just this book that I recently found in an extremely fun way that I absolutely loved.

Okay, also, do you love me?

Well, you should come see me at the Allegiant Theater.

I have a new show.

The next one is tomorrow. You're listening to this, it's tomorrow. But it's also Tuesday, December 12th, and then it'll be every Tuesday at 730 p.m. at the Allegiant Theater in Los Angeles in the new year.

Cameron Esposito.com for tickets.

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I'm feeling wrong but I'm still holding on darling I know I know I know it's careless. I always have guests on the show introduce themselves

which one is yourself.

Yeah, my name's Kamala Polygondla. I am a writer. I'm sometimes an editor, but mostly I'm a writer. I live in LA and I write mostly fiction.

When are you an editor?

Sometimes I'm an editor for the internet.

What parts of the internet?

I used to be an editor of Autostr and I have yeah you know I've edited some stuff for people just my friends in the world like your friends who are going to post internet things?

Well, yeah, like essays, stuff, you know, stuff that's,

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