Duke Alumni Magazine Feature: Sick to Debt

Duke Alumni Magazine Feature: Sick to Debt

Bypeter

The Duke Alumni Magazine just published a Q & A about my new book, Sick to Debt. Here was the picture accompanying that article. Y’all agree that this should have been the “author photo” on the back cover?

Link to the Q & A

 

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