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Heather Abel, a fiction writer, journalist, and essayist, is the author of THE EMILYS (Random House) and THE OPTIMISTIC DECADE (Algonquin). She grew up in Los Angeles and now lives in Northampton, MA. In between, she wrote about fossil hounds, gold mines, bananas, best friendships, protest, and motherhood (among other obsessions). Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Slate, the Los Angeles Times, and the online Paris Review among other places. She teaches creative writing at Smith College.
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The Best Fiction Podcasts for Listeners Who Love a Good Story

You can’t beat a good story. Luckily, humans are great at storytelling, and the best fiction podcasts are all the proof that the modern listener requires. Get the popcorn ready; it’s storytime.

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    • Gut Instincts

    • Dispatches From the Wide Open Space Between Sickness and Health
    • Written by: Heather Abel
    • Narrated by: Caroline Shaffer
    • Length: 1 hr and 43 mins
    • Release date: 2015-05-06
    • Language: English
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