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How I Found My Voice
In a personal essay, the acclaimed singer recalls the origins of her childhood stutter, the lengths she went to overcome it, and the boy who made it all OK.
Carly Simon
Published
Jun. 7 2009
1:31PM EDT
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Carly Simon
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