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This Dust of Words | Truly CA

Season 5 Episode 3 | 59m 14sVideo has Closed Captions

A Stanford professor finds mystery and wonder in the life and death of a former student.

Thirty years after he last saw her, Stanford English Professor John Felstiner finds wonder and mystery in the life and death of a former student. This Dust of Words, whose title is based on Elizabeth Wiltsee's honors thesis, is both an elegy for a life lost and a celebration of the charitable nature of humanity.

09/01/2014 | Rating NR

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This Dust of Words | Truly CA

Season 5 Episode 3 | 59m 14sVideo has Closed Captions

Thirty years after he last saw her, Stanford English Professor John Felstiner finds wonder and mystery in the life and death of a former student. This Dust of Words, whose title is based on Elizabeth Wiltsee's honors thesis, is both an elegy for a life lost and a celebration of the charitable nature of humanity.

09/01/2014 | Rating NR

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