My Teacher: Through periods both fallow and rich, Lore Segal knew only one way to spend her days--by writing.
This article focuses on the enduring personal and literary relationship between the author and Lore Segal, a celebrated writer and teacher who survived the Kindertransport and became known for her distinctive fiction for adults and children. It recounts their first meeting in 1975 at Columbia Univer...
| Publicado en: | American Scholar Vol. 95; no. 3; pp. 98 - 107 |
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Phi Beta Kappa Society
Summer2026
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