I think striking the right tone for your story is, if you like, the alchemical work of writing.
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Nationality: Australian Type: Novelist Born: 1970 |
“An important aspect of the current situation is the strong social reaction against suggestions that the home language of African American children be used in the first steps of learning to read and write.”
“I very rarely came across rude or disrespectful people. I don't know how I slipped by all of them, but I honestly can't think of one experience off the top of my head that was like that. I'm sure they're there, but I'd have to think really hard to recall them.”