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Erika Dreifus founded THE PRACTICING WRITER in 2004; when she moved the free newsletter to Substack, she re-named it THE PRACTICING WRITER 2.0. She is the author of QUIET AMERICANS: STORIES and BIRTHRIGHT: POEMS and an advocate for Jewish literature.
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