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Los Angeles’ Deputy Mayor for Education, Joan Sullivan, says “It’s a risky proposition to get involved in education, but it’s a risky proposition not to get involved too.”

Jim Newton of the Los Angeles Times assesses the Mayor's success with the "hard-case schools" in a recent op-ed about my incredible sister he writes: "Villaraigosa's deputy mayor for education, Joan Sullivan, manages this enterprise with intensity and a deep sense of mission. She is a welcome departure from the many education experts in Los …

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Two Stories by Clarice Lispector Translated by Elizabeth Bishop

In my pantheon of favorite writers, Clarice Lispector is right there at the top.  She's a writer, like Muriel Spark or Thomas Bernhard, who always make me ask when reading their work: Is this allowed? Sometimes her prose has such power I am made to wonder if I have the strength and stability to keep reading. Championed by Elizabeth Bishop …

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