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Matt Cheung

Matt Cheung is an English professor whose best writing ideas come to him when he should be grading essays. Thank you for reading his articles, but you’re only encouraging him to avoid his work.

April 21, 2021

A Tribute’s First Day of the Hunger Games or a Teacher’s First Day of School Reopening?

by Matt Cheung
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A Letter of Recommendation In the Age of Zoom

by Matt Cheung

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by Brittany K. Fonte
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