09 Feb 2001
Wit
A renowned professor is forced to reassess her life when she is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.
Sisyphus Unbound
Virgil, a college writing student, hopes to have his latest story published, but he must first get over one major hurdle before his work gets out to the world, his mercurial writing professor Richard Laymen.
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Timothy J. Cox Professor Richard Laymen
Frederick J. Todd Virgil
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