A Purple Heart [Essay]

M.B. McLatchey

A Purple Heart [Essay]

M.B. McLatchey

Humanities and Communication

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Abstract

Excepted from Beginner's Mind , Dr. McLatchey's recently-completed educational memoir about a revolutionary teacher in a ship-building town outside Boston during the 1960s. Additional excepts were awarded the Niven Award in Creative Nonfiction.

Original language	American English
Journal	Slippery Elm Literary Journal (Online Edition)
State	Published - Jan 14 2016

Keywords

prose
creative writing

Disciplines

Creative Writing

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A Purple Heart [Essay]

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