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Poem: “To ____” by Edgar Allen Poe 

Statement of the Whole:  How does what you read affect how you write?  Is it good or bad writing to see something of other writers show up in your writing?  How does this question affect the teaching of the writing art?  The Backporch boys take on a listener’s question and wind up meandering all through a number of sub-questions regarding the reading life, the writing life, and how the two are intertwined.  Learn, laugh, and listen in as they consider this question.