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Minority Schizophrenic

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Michael Avery's Blog: Minority Left

This is an amazing book, beautifully written in prose, but totally poetic in its execution. Truly inspiring. Highly recommended if you are interested in Patti Smith or Robert Mapplethorpe or the art scene in NYC around the late 60s and 70s. This book sure came to me at the right time. I was feeling low about where I live and my own quest to become an artist. I don't think I will head down to the B Read more of this blog post »

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Deep Reading: Teaching Reading in the Writing Classroom

by Sheridan Blau

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Teaching Composition at the Two-Year College: Background Readings

by Patrick Sullivan

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“It's an odd thing, but anyone who disappears
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― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

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