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180: From Instagram Poems to a Bestselling Book, with Loryn Brantz

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Show Notes

Myke talks to Loryn Brantz – illustrator, poet, and bestselling author – about her journey from Sesame Street and BuzzFeed to becoming an independent creator, how her poems grew into a book, and the routines she uses to make space for new ideas.

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