Updated 4.29.2014

Author’s Expos Query

For a book about Harvard’s Expository Writing Program, I would like to hear from alums who took Expos between 1979 and 1994 and would be willing to share memories of their teacher and the course. Please contact Sue Lonoff at lonoffdecuevas@gmail.com.

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