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Besides teaching “Writing the Personal Essay” for four days at the Writers Studio, I’m also finishing up a six week course I teach at UCLA Extension called “Courage & Craft”. So I’ve read a lot of student work in the past week. Here’s what stands out after teaching for thirty-five hours in five days and…

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