"Paul asks how I would have handled a love letter from a student. I don't know β by talking, maybe, by listening. I don't know. How sad that we don't hear each other β any of us. Major issues are submerged by minor ones; catastrophes by absurdities."
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Part VIII, ch. 39 (Sylvia Barrett)
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Bel Kaufman
Bella Kaufman (May 10, 1911 β July 25, 2014) was an American novelist and teacher.
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