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Dear English Teacher,All of your students in past years could diagram sentences. All seniors would complete their high school education knowing which line to…May 30, 2021May 30, 2021
Vignettes From A Rehearsal, Summer 2018June 26, 2018. I have just arrived for an interdisciplinary rehearsal of Jenni Brandon’s The Woman with the Unfathomable Eyes. The piece is…May 30, 2021May 30, 2021
