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Writer James Young and wife choose Cedar Rapids for home and teaching
The article profiles writer James Young and his wife Elizabeth settling in Cedar Rapids after a cross country bicycle trip. It notes Young's varied career from poetry in Paris to prospecting in New Mexico, his work on Sunset Magazine, and his role as a private writing teacher with a personal, mail-based instruction style. The couple values Cedar Rapids as a cultural hub and plan to raise their two children there.
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