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Writing with purpose

Students in Lorene Cary’s creative writing course focus on voting, midterm elections, and exploring the big questions of their generation.
students sitting at a table in Lorene Cary's safekids writing class
The nine students in English professor Lorene Cary’s creative writing class “Essay, Blog, Tweet, Nonfiction now!” work collaboratively on projects focused on getting young people to register to vote and to the polls in the midterm elections.

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