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'Lunch Bucket Paradise'

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 (Courtesy Fred Setterberg)

We discuss life in Bay Area suburbs in the ’50s and ’60s with Fred Setterberg, author of “Lunch Bucket Paradise,” a novel based on his life. Setterberg grew up in a blue-collar neighborhood in San Leandro in a time of working-class prosperity.

Setterberg’s essays, stories and journalism have appeared in The New York Times, The Nation, The Iowa Review and other many other publications.

Guests:

Fred Setterberg, author of "Lunch Bucket Paradise" and former staff writer for The East Bay Express

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