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MG Lord in the Jenny McKean Moore Reading Series
MG Lord is a cultural critic and writer. Her books include Forever Barbie: The Unauthorized Biography of a Real Doll and Astroturf: The Private Life of Rocket Science, among other publications. She also worked as a political cartoonist for Newsday. She is Assistant Professor of the practice of English at University of Southern California. Join us for her reading December…