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Charles Johnson

Charles Johnson is a National Book Award–winning author and Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Washington.

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Having been freed from my skin, I can’t exactly find my way back.
Charles Johnson
A short story. 
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On artistic passion.

Charles Johnson
Reading John Champlin Gardner.
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