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<p class="MsoNormal">Brian, Thank you for sharing the full version and audio. Outstanding. The love between you and your brother shines. After your sparring, I was pleasantly surprised to hear you reading your work. You are a gifted narrator as well as
writer. Be well—Heidi <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> uodsp-bounces@lists.uoregon.edu <uodsp-bounces@lists.uoregon.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Brian Trapp<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 20, 2021 3:43 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> For DS group communication <uodsp@lists.uoregon.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: uodsp: FW: "Twelve Words" in Oregon Quarterly<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks so much for the kind words, Heidi. That’s a much shorter version of the whole story, which you can read in full at
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/kenyonreview.org/journal/septoct-2019/selections/brian-trapp/__;!!C5qS4YX3!Ugpr7zyIGDXD3MZwHFmFpzODoqf7mR8JgFOdNLxQOlNLIkOmM8ckWpyHZMnGgSk$">
https://kenyonreview.org/journal/septoct-2019/selections/brian-trapp/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you click on the audio, you can hear my twin brother making fun of me…<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">Brian Trapp<br>
Kidd Program Director<br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif"><a href="https://crwr.uoregon.edu/kidd-workshops/"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://crwr.uoregon.edu/kidd-workshops/</span></a><span style="color:black"><br>
</span><a href="https://crwr.uoregon.edu/people/trapp/"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://crwr.uoregon.edu/people/trapp/</span></a><span style="color:black"><br>
(541) 346-0508<br>
</span><a href="mailto:trapp@uoregon.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">trapp@uoregon.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><<a href="mailto:uodsp-bounces@lists.uoregon.edu">uodsp-bounces@lists.uoregon.edu</a>> on behalf of Heidi von Ravensberg <<a href="mailto:hvr@uoregon.edu">hvr@uoregon.edu</a>><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>For DS group communication <<a href="mailto:uodsp@lists.uoregon.edu">uodsp@lists.uoregon.edu</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at 3:05 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>For DS group communication <<a href="mailto:uodsp@lists.uoregon.edu">uodsp@lists.uoregon.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>uodsp: FW: "Twelve Words" in Oregon Quarterly<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Betsy, Thank you for sharing! Everyone should sign up for the Disability Studies Minor and Brian’s class! <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Brian, Congratulations on a brilliant work. Your relationship with your brother was amazing and your writing is moving. I commented just last week that the sibling experience is powerful and needs to be heard more often. A perfect example.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Elizabeth Wheeler <<a href="mailto:ewheeler@uoregon.edu">ewheeler@uoregon.edu</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 20, 2021 11:44 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:englishfaculty@lists.uoregon.edu">englishfaculty@lists.uoregon.edu</a>; Heidi von Ravensberg <<a href="mailto:hvr@uoregon.edu">hvr@uoregon.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> "Twelve Words" in Oregon Quarterly<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">An astonishingly good autobiographical essay by Brian Trapp, novelist and creative writing instructor who teaches ENG 240: Intro to Disability Studies, excerpted from a longer piece in the
<i>Kenyon Review</i>. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#201F1E;background:white"><a href="https://around.uoregon.edu/content/twelve-words-thoughts-compassion-capture-what-words-cannot">https://around.uoregon.edu/content/twelve-words-thoughts-compassion-capture-what-words-cannot</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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