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  • A Lifetime in Letters: Ebert's correspondence with his Illinois mentor

    Apr 13, 2020 11:15 am by Abigail BobrowStoried.
    Roger Ebert's signature at the bottom of a typed letter

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    • Roger Ebert's signature at the bottom of a typed letter

    Once Roger Ebert graduated from Illinois, the letters began to flow. His correspondence with his mentor, Professor Dan Curley, chronicle inside jokes, career frustrations, and the shared sensibilities of two writers.