Gabfest Reads | Alison Bechdel Explains Selling Out the Progressive Way

David Plotz talks with author Alison Bechdel about her new book, Spent. They discuss what’s memoir and what’s less than memoir in the comic novel, David’s own contribution to the book, and more.

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