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The Big Idea: William Alexander

Posted on September 23, 2014     14 Comments

Who would you want as the first speaker to an alien civilization? National Book Award winner William Alexander proposes an intriguing candidate in his middle-grade novel Ambassador, and after reading his Big Idea piece, I can’t say I entirely disagree with him. WILLIAM ALEXANDER: I love the word “ambassador.” I remember rolling it around in […]

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