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Rachel Simmons's avatar

Beautiful. A beacon of inspiration when I really needed one. Thank you. xo

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Dennis Dalton's avatar

Dearest Courtney, this is surely one of your most inspiring narratives, coming at a moment when such inspiration is desperately needed. At over 80, among your oldest admiring readers, I'm increasingly proud to have been your teacher. You are surely at your best when faced with crises, as you were when we faced a tragic series of student suicides during our time together at Barnard. Now you bring not only your brilliant insight to a critical situation but your whole family's engagement. The collective commitment to this cause is awesome. Congratulations on this continuing activism.

Finally, thank you for leading me to Lauren Sandler's "This Is All I Got." It's a heart wrenching, eloquent testimony to another urgent problem, that of homelessness in NYC, a place that we both know well. As we protest the scourge of racism, we must at the same time keep our devastating epidemic of poverty in full view. Sandler's book renders this problem inescapable. Dennis Dalton (DD)

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