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Ellery Akers on Failure as the Normal Practice of Writing

November 3, 2016
Rebecca Samuelson
C4 YOURSELF, Columns, Interview, The Write Stuff

An interview with Ellery Akers, from The Write Stuff series: Ellery Akers is the author of two books of poetry, Knocking on the Earth and Practicing the Truth,…

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