Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Poetic Obituaries: We read books like "Catcher in the Rye"

that even today get targeted by book-banning fanatics. She shared her love of poetry, including favorite works by John Ciardi, and with the English team of teachers, introduced us to film study.

Sister Virginia Ann [Gardner, SSJ,] and her colleagues broadened our horizons, but they kept us humble. To get my foot in the door at the newspaper, she advised me to offer to do any task, including emptying the wastebaskets.

For college, she recommended Marquette University, where she spent 10 summers studying journalism and earning a master's degree in English.

from Erie Times-News: Gospel truth unveiled about career

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