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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">Letters About Literature Webinar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Wednesday, October 25, 2017 4:00 pm <br>
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(living or dead) about how the book affected them personally. Tens of thousands of students from across the country enter Letters About Literature each year.
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