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Quote by Jhumpa Lahiri
I am, in Italian, a tougher, freer writer.
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When the Seats Learned to Listen
At Brackwater School, the old amphitheater had plenty of seats but nowhere for a voice to land. Groundskeeper Mara Vale invited students to test the space—and discovered she would have to step into it herself.
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