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Friday, October 26, 2012

What 33 years of teaching taught Charles Johnson about writing students

Posted on 6:12 PM by christofer D



Charles Johnson National Book Award winner and author of Middle Passage




 For the first time in the history of The Invisible Ink Blog I have asked someone to "guest post" -- if that's what it's called?  My guest is friend and distinguished author Dr. Charles Johnson.  He was awarded the 1990 National Book Award for his novel Middle Passage, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award
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