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Text the show Charlotte Perkins Gilman returns to The Poe Show, this time sharing a tale of what it means to raise a child. And in honor of Mother's Day this month, allow me to introduce our guest narrator, and my mother, Sara McDonald. The Trouble with Charlotte Perkins Gilman by Halle Butler: https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2021/03/11/the-trouble-with-charlotte-perkins-gilman/ Charlotte Perkins Gilman by Kathlleen Cui: https://womanisrational.uchicago.edu/2020/12/15/charlotte-per...
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