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for the artistic and moral quality of his body of work. In April, 2023, he received a
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wrote: "In brief passages connected by associations and the improvisational feel of jazz moves fluidly among memoir, philosophy, natural history and inspiration... A tonic for tough times filled with plain spoken lyricism, gratitude, and good humor."
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Fulbright Association on its 75th anniversary. Also in 2021, he founded Write America, a national reading series broadcast weekly by writers devoted to healing divisions in the country.
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