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Author: Charles Demers
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Prisoner of Love
Discussing Jean Genet's book with Shanee Prasad of the B.C. Teachers' Federation
May 30 2018

Happy summer, listeners! Teacher's Christmas is coming as Shanee Prasad of the British Columbia Federation of Teachers Executive Council joins host Charlie Demers for a conversation on Jean Genet's 'Prisoner of Love' (New York Review Books Classics).

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Plus: Vancouver French Consulate diplomat Etienne Sainte-Bourgeois weighs in on patriotism and the much-deserved citizenship of wall-crawling baby-saver Lassana Bathily.

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