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Jim Vopat and his partner Bob Miller, founding members of Harbor Country Progress, live in Three Oaks, Mich. Vopat, the author of five books including Writing Circles: Kids Revolutionize Workshop (Heinemann, 2009), founded and co-directs the Milwaukee Writing Project.
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Building the Left in Harbor Country
We met our neighbors and helped turn rural Michigan blue.
Jim Vopat