{"id":46066,"date":"2025-08-14T05:55:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T10:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/?p=46066"},"modified":"2025-08-11T12:02:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T17:02:06","slug":"w-scott-olsen-talks-about-the-making-of-his-new-book-on-the-crit-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/46066\/w-scott-olsen-talks-about-the-making-of-his-new-book-on-the-crit-house\/","title":{"rendered":"W Scott Olsen Talks About The Making Of His New Book On The Crit House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46067\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/LarasonOlsen.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bojWIaLTvJw?si=ORFnHSb4McglfeXI\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In this episode of The Crit House: Book Edition, Jeff Larason talks with Scott Olsen about his newest release, Fargo Street, a black-and-white photographic portrait of downtown Fargo and Moorhead.<\/p>\n<p>W. 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