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Work even when it’s a labor of love is still work. Let’s begin at the writer’s desk. Pull up a chair and join Lorine Niedecker in “Poet’s Work” as she follows her grandfather’s advice to “learn a trade.” Next stop, we’ll travel to farm country. Meet Austin Smith’s “Halverson Brothers,” sworn enemies united by a deep love of the family farm they seek to divide. You tell us: Do work and family mix? ....

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