Lion's Roar

When All Our Voices Are Heard

THINK A LOT ABOUT VOICES. Outside of my work as associate editor of Lion’s Roar, I am a playwright and an actor/singer. When I create characters in writing my own plays, I pay close attention to their distinct ways of expressing themselves—do they have

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