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Bill Bren­nan

Bill Bren­nan is an inde­pen­dent schol­ar and enter­tain­er based in Las Vegas. Bren­nan has taught lit­er­a­ture and the human­i­ties at Prince­ton and The Uni­ver­si­ty of Chica­go. He holds degrees from Yale, Prince­ton, and Northwestern.
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David Misch
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David Downing
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David S. Siegel and Susan Siegel
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Ira Nadel
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Joel Kotek
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