The Great Teacher!

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pictured: Mary Gordon

Below is an interview by N.P.R's Leonard Lopate with the three finalists of the Story Prize, a prize handed out for best story writing.
Rick Bass, Mary Gordon, and George Saunders talk with Lopate about their work and the craft of short story writing.
Mary Gordon is my daughter's creative writing professor at college. After listening to her speak in this interview, I know why, as a young writer herself, C. is so tremendously inspired by Gordon. Incidentally, Gordon was the winner of the Story Prize.