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The Important Role for Writers to Help Preserve Democracy

dgkaye / August 13, 2019 / 39 Comments

I came across this article at the Times, written by Jennifer Egan – Pulizter prize winning author on “Why we need writers more than ever, our democracy depends on it.” If it…

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