What 33 years of teaching taught Charles Johnson about writing students

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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A history lesson and an answer to a question about Star Wars

I have met, in my travels, younger people who are interested
in film, but they have seen almost none of the classics. Sometimes they have
never heard of them. Not only is this sad, but it could stop them from becoming
the best filmmakers they could be.





A sadder thing is that it is not just students but working
professionals who know little of film’s past. I once spoke with a former film

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King Kong – They All Laughed

 

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