Ode to grapefruit : how James Earl Jones found his voice

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"Before there was Mufasa-before there was Darth Vader-there was a young boy names James Earl Jones, who spoke with a stutter and dreaded having to talk in class. Whenever James tried to voice his thoughts, his words got stuck in his throat. But James figured out a solution for his shame: if he didn't speak, he wouldn't stutter. And so he was silent-until he wrote his own poem, Ode to Grapefruit, and found a love for poetry. ... Text, ... art, and...

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