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Alison Saar shared her quarantine book and music picks with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/story\/2020-03-18\/coronavirus-quarantine-tips-movies-tv-books-music?fbclid=IwAR3B1LSmhwyiXJheMi-29T6Np2-nXmkAPLqPjizJ4nYASfnhp-WZBCVLuRM\">Los Angeles Times.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI started a book that\u2019s somewhere between prose and a novel, \u201cThe Blue Clerk\u201d by Dionne Brand. There are a few others on the shelf. It\u2019s nice when the kids are around because they can expose me to new music. 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