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David A. Taylor

David A. Taylor is the author of Soul of a People: The WPA Writers’ Project Uncovers Depression America and the writer/producer of the award-winning documentary film of the same name.

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Literary Cubs, Canceling Out Each Other’s Reticence

Letters between Federal Writers’ Project cohorts Richard Wright and Nelson Algren depict a mutual admiration rare among young novelists

by David A. Taylor | Sunday, March 01, 2009
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Back to School Required Reading

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It’s officially back-to-school season, a time of year that always makes us just a little bit wistful for the start of a new semester, despite how much we hated first period pre-calc. Fortunately, we can always return to these 14 literary campuses, with no homework required.