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and longtime subscribers. It's been almost a year, a year, since I essentially shut down this podcast. And while I am not

dropping back into your feed today to bring the show back, I know, I know, but bear with me here,

I do have a few really fun announcements to share, the most important of which will, I'm sure,

shed a little bit of light onto the main reason why I retired my audio show a while back.

And that is because I have spent the better part of the last few years working on a new book,

and it is now available for pre-order.

Yes, you heard me.

This July, Bloomsbury will be releasing my new book.

It's called The Club, where American women artists found refuge in Belle Epoch, Paris.

This is a deliciously entertaining, never-before-told history of a residence for American women artists in Paris from

1893 to 1914. And you heard that right. This was a special place made specifically for American

women artists during one of the most colorful eras in modern history, the Belle Epoch, the beautiful era.

So let me set the scene for you for a minute.

In Belle Epoch, Paris, the Eiffel Tower was fairly new.

France was experiencing remarkable political stability, and American women were, excuse the pun,

painting the town, and they were gathering at this

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