"Forty Years" Slow Trains Vol.7, Issue 3 (2008)
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Joy can come alive like that, when random pieces of history and rhythm, pause and expectation, melody and lyric, suddenly rearrange themselves into a pattern that leaps up, back against the wall, and catches your heart.
— Andrea Lewis (writer)
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About Andrea Lewis (writer)
Andrea Lewis is an American writer. She was Microsoft's first technical writer and is one of three co-founders of Richard Hugo House, a literary arts center in Seattle.
About Andrea Lewis (writer)
Andrea Lewis is an American writer. She was Microsoft's first technical writer and is one of three co-founders of Richard Hugo House, a literary arts center in Seattle.
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