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Shannon Reed
Shannon Reed is a writer and professor in Pittsburgh. Her first book, “Why Did I Get a B?, and Other Mysteries We’re Discussing in the Faculty Lounge” (2020), was a semi-finalist for the 2021 Thurber Prize.
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