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    The Most Like­ly Club
    Elyssa Fried­land
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    All About Me! My Remark­able Life in Show Business
    Mel Brooks
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    Jean Meltzer
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    Cult Clas­sic
    Sloane Crosley
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    Git­ty and Kvetch
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    The Matzah Ball
    Jean Meltzer
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    Emi­ly Schneider
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    Gary Shteyn­gart
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    Seth Rogen
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    Ariel­la Elovic
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    Noth­ing the Same, Every­thing Haunt­ed: The Bal­lad of Motl the Cowboy
    Gary Barwin
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    Clipped: A mom invents a way to hold her life togeth­er just as the world falls apart
    Adri­enne Alitowski
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    Elyssa Fried­land
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    My Life In Dog Years: A Memoir
    Rita Rud­ner
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    Mar­jorie Ingall
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