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Alive in the Nineties

Aaron Gilbreath

Music and life as a listener in the 1990s

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    Essayist, Journalist, Burritoist, nonfiction stories for Harper's, The Atlantic, The Dublin Review, Sierra, and NYT. My books include The Heart of California: Exploring the San Joaquin Valley and This Is: Essays on Jazz.

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