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Kara Swisher, Poetry Reader, Prefers to Have the Final Word

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Kara Swisher was among the first journalists to cover technology seriously, and she now hosts podcasts. She has sat for the Proust Questionnaire. Her answers show someone who reads verse and who likes to close an argument herself. She also champions San Francisco and the towns around its bay without apology.

With reporting from Vanity Fair.

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