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Telling Tales: Reading with Michael Armstrong
April 19, 2005
Michael Armstrong writer

Michael Armstrong, author of Closely Observed Children, reads from Girl Today, Hare Tomorrow, a story by a child that to him represents the culmination of elementary school art.

This reading is part of the John Landrum Bryant Lecture/Performance Series, sponsored by the HGSE Arts in Education Program and supported by the Bauman Foundation.

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Fiction | Writing Process
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Author: Michael Armstrong
Publisher: Writers & Readers (1983)
Binding: Paperback, 224 pages
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