S2 – INTERVIEW 4: Nancy Rubin Stuart

S2 – INTERVIEW 4: Nancy Rubin Stuart

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S2 – INTERVIEW 5: Mary Gabriel

Our interview with Mary Gabriel, whose books have been finalists for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critic's Circle Award. Her biographies of Victoria Woodhull and Karl & Jenny Marx unveil the radical threads running through American spirituali ...  Show more

S2 – INTERVIEW 6: John Buescher

Our interview with John Buescher, co-director of the International Association for the Preservation of Spiritualist and Occult Periodicals. His dedication to cataloging and preserving spiritualist newspapers give his books on mediums a remarkable command of the people and ideas d ...  Show more

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