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    Chapter 49: Albert Camus, featuring Steve Agee

    enAugust 18, 2015
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    About this Episode

    Chapter 49: H.G. Wells (Paul F. Tompkins) welcomes  Albert Camus (Steve Agee) to the Dead Authirs stage for an evening of... oh, what's the POINT.

    Thanks to The Time Travel Mart and 826LA. 

    826 National is a nonprofit organization that provides strategic leadership, administration, and other resources to ensure the success of its network of eight writing and tutoring centers. 826 centers offer a variety of inventive programs that provide under-resourced students, ages 6-18, with opportunities to explore their creativity and improve their writing skills. We also aim to help teachers get their classes excited about writing. Our mission is based on the understanding that great leaps in learning can happen with one-on-one attention, and that strong writing skills are fundamental to future success. Last year our tutoring centers — located in Ann Arbor, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, DC — served over 29,000 students.

    For more information: http://826national.org/chapters/ 

    Visit The Time Travel Mart online: http://826la.org/store/

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    Visit The Time Travel Mart online: http://826la.org/store/