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  M.A. Instruction and Curriculum; Thirteen years teaching experience; International & US Public Schools; Writing, Literature, History, & Humanities

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The magic of writing comes when an author and an audience harmonize–the author anticipates what the reader needs, and the reader feels like the author “gets” them. Mastery of this art means we can commune(icate) over centuries, across cultures and past other chasms that would divide us.
It’s not so unusual to feel this in conversation [...]

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