“I had begun what I thought might be a career in social work. I was married and deeply involved in the anti-war movement. I thought I'd go about saving the world one person at a time. I worked with kids, teenagers mostly, in neighborhood centers, on the streets, and eventually in a drop-in center.” WorldPersonsWarMightKidsSocialCareersStreetsMovementInvolvedMarriedSavingTeenagerNeighborhoodAnti WarSocial WorkSave The WorldAnti War Movement Author:John Dufresne
“Drug programs began to turn their attention and money away from prevention and into maintenance. Methadone was cheaper than social workers, I suppose.” TurnsSocialAttentionDrugProgramWorkersCheaperMaintenancePreventionSocial WorkerMethadone Author:John Dufresne
“What you create when you're teaching fiction writing is a kind of literary salon, not a social club or a mutual admiration society, not a debating society, not a repair shop, not a fight club or a soap box. It's a place to have a conversation about a story.” WritingKindStoriesFightingSocialFictionTeachingConversationBoxesClubsShopsMutualAdmirationSoapFiction WritingSalonsMutual Admiration Author:John Dufresne
