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In essay collection 'Lifeform,' Jenny Slate explores life and motherhood

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Comedian, actor, and author Jenny Slate‘s “Lifeform” is a collection of essays about life, love and having a child. The book came out in paperback on Oct. 14.

We revisit a conversation Slate had with Here & Now‘s Emiko Tamagawa at an event in October 2024.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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