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David Chrisinger

David Chrisinger is the executive director of the Public Policy Writing Workshop at the University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy and the director of writing seminars for The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit newsroom dedicated to reporting on the human impact of military service. He is the author of several books, including Stories Are What Save Us: A Survivor's Guide to Writing about Trauma, and the recipient ofthe 2022 National Council of Teachers of English George Orwell Award.

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