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2025 Printers Row Lit Fest: Maureen Dowd on the Culture of Celebrity in America

2025 Printers Row Lit Fest: Maureen Dowd on the Culture of Celebrity in America

Update: 2025-11-08

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This week on After Words — Pulitzer Prize–winning New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd discusses her new book, Notorious, with CNN Chief Political Analyst David Axelrod. In the book, Dowd profiles some of the most talked-about figures from Hollywood, Silicon Valley, and American culture. Their conversation was recorded at the 2025 Printers Row Lit Fest in Chicago.

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2025 Printers Row Lit Fest: Maureen Dowd on the Culture of Celebrity in America

2025 Printers Row Lit Fest: Maureen Dowd on the Culture of Celebrity in America

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