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He Showed the World Through Teachers' Eyes: Thank You, Frank McCourt

Dan Brown | Posted 08.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Ed Reform, New York City Public Schools, Education, Random House, Stuyvesant High School, Angela's Ashes, Terry Gross, Shakespeare, Teachers, Storycorps, Frank Mccourt, Fresh Air, Media News
Dan Brown

Occasionally, a teacher can cross over from the all-consuming teaching sphere to tell the tale to the masses. No one in recent memory did this more successfully than Frank McCourt.

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Tell The Truth: You're a Real Storyteller

Richard Laermer | Posted 08.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Literature, Limerick, Books, Laermer.com, American Literature, Pulitzer Prize, Angela's Ashes, Frank Mccourt, Autobiograhies, Ireland, Prospective Customer Acquisition, Customers, Reading, Truth Commission, Media News
Richard Laermer

The success of Angela's Ashes taught us that the most popular stories that seem to resonate with readers and spur new and positive changes are often the true ones.

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Cronkite and McCourt: True to Their Craft

Carol Hoenig | Posted 08.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Icon, Television, Honesty, Angela's Ashes, Walter Cronkite, Cancer, Wbbm, Frank Mccourt, A Reporter's Life, Irish, Catholic, Media, Living News
Carol Hoenig

Pundits all praise Cronkite for his journalistic accomplishments, as though they are unattainable today. And maybe they are, thanks to the corporate-owned media.

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Frank McCourt Dead At 78

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 08.19.2009 | Media

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NEW YORK — Frank McCourt, the beloved raconteur and former public school teacher who enjoyed post-retirement fame as the author of "Angela's Ash...

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