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Ed Orzechowski is the author of You’ll Like It Here—The Story of Donald Vitkus, Belchertown Patient #3394, a narrative nonfiction book recently published by Levellers Press of Amherst, Massachusetts.

His features and columns have appeared in The Journal Register, The Springfield Republican, The Daily Hampshire Gazette, Early American Life magazine, and other publications.

Ed is a retired high school English teacher and radio news reporter. He and his wife Gail advocate for individuals with developmental disabilities, and live in Northampton, Massachusetts.

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Triage: On Reading, Writing, and the Interior Life (A Vintage Short)

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