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By Ben Ladouceur At the start of an academic year, one of the first things Professor Kimberly Quiogue Andrews might ask her classroom full of creative writing students is: “What can you tell me about your weird uncle?” Almost everybody has at least one weird uncle. “In a class of fifty,” says Andrews, “it is…

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Par le conseil d’administration du CRCBV L’Echo a reçu une demande d’impression de cette lettre à la communauté de la part du Centre de ressources communautaires de la Basse-Ville (CRCBV). Toute question à ce sujet doit être envoyée directement au CRCBV. Il y a un plus d’un an, le C.A. du Centre de ressources communautaires…

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