The Writer

An End to Solitude

A LONG TIME AGO IN WHAT FEELS like a galaxy far, far away, I was a theater major at the University of Iowa. Occasionally, the department would bring in a star actor or playwright to talk to us about their careers, like the time actor Paul Winfield paid us a visit.

I’d never seen a movie star in real life, and Winfield (who passed away in 2004) had appeared in

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