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Packing Light, Or, How I Managed A 3-Week Trip Out Of One Backpack

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Voyage Review (ft. Sam screaming about The Longest Johns)

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Oxford Ephemera (ft. authorial anecdotes)

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Samantha: My name is Sam (short for Samantha or Samwise Gamgee, depending on who you ask. Either or neither may be my real-life name.) and I’m a book-loving Catholic college student.

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