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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Everyone,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Meant to comment in my last email that the Guardian
is now running a series on How to Write, so for those of you who are writers or
who may be interested to see if anything there relates to your teaching, go to
The Guardian, London, and have a look (and you can follow the links to the
How to Write series from there--but it's mainly for would-be creative writers of
all sorts, though it may be helpful to those of you teaching literature,
too).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fans of Alice Walker and politics in general
may also be interested in a recent stirring political essay by Alice
Walker that might interest you: <FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>"</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>What our country desperately
needs is a leader who loves us"<BR>Americans have been treated with contempt for
so long that we have become inured to our own society's suffering<BR>Alice
Walker<BR>Saturday September 20 2008<BR>The Guardian</FONT><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>To see this story with its related links on the
guardian.co.uk site, go to </FONT><A
href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/20/uselections2008.barackobama"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"
size=3>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/20/uselections2008.barackobama</FONT></A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Interesting that she only publishes this in
England, eh? Can anyone find it in an American paper?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cheri</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>PS The Google logo for today is definitely worth a
glance, too.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>