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New column: “Book clubs and dreaming big”

Posted on March 16, 2017 by scout2011

It’s a special thing, as a first-time novelist, to visit book clubs. A dream come true, really. But it’s especially lovely when you get to be the guest at the book club of your 6th grade Language Arts teacher, like … Continue reading →

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Today’s newspaper column: “King’s ‘Letter’ holds lessons to remember”

Posted on February 19, 2015 by scout2011

Today’s column in The Greenville News is about the best letter I’ve ever read–Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”–and why I teach it to my college students each semester. February is also Black History Month, of course, so … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: English

New column: “Book clubs and dreaming big”

Today’s newspaper column: “King’s ‘Letter’ holds lessons to remember”

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