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Peggy teaches about writing and courage. I think this is exactly the point of departure for writers. When we accept the scary parts of our writing self, a whole new world opens up, and there's no cheaper way to travel.

Alice O. Johnson, North Carolina
A class and retreat participant, Alice's work has appeared in the O. Henry Festival of Short Stories, The Crucible, Pembroke Magazine, The Guilford Review, and two anthologies, I Thought My Father Was God, edited by Paul Auster and Alice Redux: Tales of Alice in Wonderland and Lewis Carroll.

 

 
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