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Facing the final final deadline
The cover of Saving for the Future, by Dave Rose Dave Rose had his wry smile even as he told ...
Throw away your list of questions
Studs Terkel was one of the great interviewers of all time. Kathleen Ballard, Los Angeles Times. https://digital.library.ucla.edu/catalog/ark:/21198/zz0002w418 Here are some ...
Everyone has a story. Lou Grant said so
Ed Asner in the Lou Grant show, 1977. Wikimedia Commons. During our second conversation, over coffee, it came out that ...
Is ghost-writing dishonest?
Alaska founding father Vic Fischer inscribed the book Charles helped him write. Eyes widen at parties when I tell people ...
If you must write, you can write
I was ready to go home at the end of my work day when I got a call about a ...
The best thing about the best writing
Mildred Wohlforth at her desk In 1934, my grandmother, Mildred Wohlforth (pen name Mildred Gilman), went to Germany to interview ...
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