Lee Haas Norris has worked on an archaeological dig in Romania with a bunch of college students who boycotted cabbage and soup of all kinds, prepared students for maturita in English at a Czech gymnazium, and served in the United States Peace Corps in Moldova. She has performed in the Portland Christmas Revels for seven years, plays the recorder with fellow early-music lovers, and has WWOOFed in Ireland with her husband. You can find her work in The Gettysburg Review, Persimmon Tree, and VoiceCatcher.
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