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Miranda July Unearths 'The First Bad Man'

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Miranda July’s first feature-length film “Me and You and Everyone We Know” won top prizes at the Cannes and Sundance Film Festivals. But the filmmaker is also an actress and award-winning short story author. Her debut novel, “The First Bad Man,” is about a lonely woman whose comfortable routine is destroyed when her boss’s daughter enters her life. The story explores the struggle between fantasy and reality and the different ways love can change a life. Miranda July joins us to discuss her work.

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Miranda July, actor, screenwriter, director and author

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