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An Engaging Writer for the 21st Century

Here's what writer Joyce Carol Oates said about Clare Beams: "It's as if, by a rare sort of magic, Alice Munro and Shirley Jackson had conspired together to imagine a female/feminist voice for the 21st Century that is wickedly sharp-eyed, wholly unpredictable, and wholly engaging.”

WCAI's Mindy Todd interviews Beams, a former English teacher at Falmouth Academy. 

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Mindy Todd is the host and producer of <i>The Point</i> on WCAI which examines critical issues for Cape Cod and the Islands. She brings more than 40 years of experience in radio and television to WCAI.