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When I was hired by the University of Washington extension school to teach the one-year fiction writing course - 96 classroom hours - I quickly determined that I knew only about an hour's worth off the top of my head.
James Thayer
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James Thayer
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: May 18
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