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Perhaps National Public Radio should desist from recommending books and music, because the preferences indicated, for the most part, lack any sense of taste. The story of Julie-Émilie d’Aubigny, known as Mademoiselle de Maupin, sounded interesting, but the writer is totally incompetent. Although I am a firm supporter of the First Amendment and would never countenance the censorship of any idea or subject, the prose through which such may be conveyed is another matter entirely. There are those who should never set pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard); Kelly Gardiner is one. This is truly dreadful, and it will take me some time to recover from the most purple prose I have ever had the misfortune to encounter. Beware!