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Have You Been Silenced? Tillie Olsen Lesson 12 Write it! How to get started Late!
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Have You Been Silenced? Tillie Olsen Lesson 12 Write it! How to get started Late!

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Silences by Tillie Olsen

Two writing experiments in this lesson.

For Lesson 13, it would be a good idea to buy and read Young Men and Fire by Norman McLean. Mclean (1902-1990), who started late! That book is available used at ABE Books for about 5 bucks and check out Thrift Books. (I don’t recommend buying any book used if the author is alive, as the author never gets a cent from that sale.)

Let’s break the silence and begin with two writing experiments (below—and more!):

Dig deeper and go paid, if not already:

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