Laurie Gwen Shapiro
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Laurie Gwen Shapiro

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Laurie Gwen Shapiro is a native of New York City’s Lower East Side. She has most recently written articles for publications including The New Yorker, New York Magazine, The Daily Beast, Slate, Aeon, Los Angeles Review of Books, and has her own history column focusing on unsung heroes for The Forward. Shapiro is also a documentary filmmaker who won an Independent Spirit Award for directing IFC’s Keep the River On Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale and an Emmy nomination for producing HBO’s Finishing Heaven. The Stowaway is her first non-fiction book.
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    • The Stowaway

    • A Young Man's Extraordinary Adventure to Antarctica
    • Written by: Laurie Gwen Shapiro
    • Narrated by: Jacques Roy
    • Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 2018-01-16
    • Language: English
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