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Country People

by Daniel Mason

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Fresh Air, NPR · August 4, 2026

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In 'The Great Wherever' and 'Country People,' city dwellers try out rural life

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A novel about two academics who leave the Bay Area to move to a small town in Vermont, exploring themes of procrastination, Russian folktales, and how we imagine rural America.

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