Novel by Valeria Luiselli; translated by Christina MacSweeney. (2015). Minneapolis, MN: Coffee House Press. “This is the story of my teeth, and my treatise on collectibles and the variable value of objects.” (p. 17) So begins, Luiselli’s experimental “novel-essay” of the story of Gustavo Sánchez Sánchez, otherwise known as Highway. As reflected in this […]
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Autobiography by Maya Angelou. New York: Random House, 1969. (2015 Random House Trade Paperback Edition) Angelou’s memoir deftly recounts her early life starting with her time in a small town in Arkansas where she and her older brother were raised by their paternal grandmother, a brief period living with her mother in St. Louis,
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Newspaper article by Eric Boehm. (August 20, 2016). Wall Street Journal. http://www.wsj.com/articles/you-dont-need-to-be-a-dentist-to-fill-a-cavity-1471645312?reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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Newspaper article by Dan Rodricks. (December 1, 2024). The Baltimore Sun. https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/12/01/rodricks-urban-dentistry/
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Newspaper article by Jenny Gold. (October 30, 2023). https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-10-27/california-kids-tooth-decay-dental-issues
Newspaper article by Harold Pollack. (May 8, 2013). The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/05/08/i-cant-chew-you-know-because-the-teeth-are-very-weak/
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Newspaper article by Mary Otto. (February 24, 2011). The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/mobile_dental_clinic_brings_care_to_poor_children_in_prince_georges_county/2011/02/07/AByO3BI_story.html
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Newspaper article by Tope Folarin. (August 4, 2020). The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/08/04/if-we-want-vital-creative-society-we-need-universal-dental-care-too/
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Newspaper article by Lenny Bernstein. (August 27, 2014). The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2014/08/27/youll-never-guess-the-most-common-chronic-disease-of-childhood/
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News article by Mary Otto. (February 27, 2007). The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2007/02/28/for-want-of-a-dentist-span-classbankheadpr-georges-boy-dies-after-bacteria-from-tooth-spread-to-brain-span/34055bc4-0986-4ee1-918a-fcfb0b3b541a/
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