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Couldn’t have done it without you: Amanda Palmer’s manifesto for singers in the digital age

Palmer’s first book is a somewhat scattered, heartfelt and insightful look at the career of an artist who seems to have lucked into being born into…

By Cory Doctorow

Couldn’t have done it without you: Amanda Palmer’s manifesto for singers in the digital age

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Standing naked in front of an audience: Amanda Palmer and a new way to make art

Cory Doctorow on the singer and performer Amanda Palmer's first book, "a manifesto and a confessional of an artist…

By Cory Doctorow

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