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Mike Kirby: Northampton, Massachusetts; Retired from a life of horizontal mobility. Former factory worker, unlicensed social worker, home health aide, taxi driver, community organizer, and what have you. Co-founder of Paradise City Forum and Northampton Media. Author of The Technician (1982),The Rostoff Effect (1997), and Back Row,Back Ward (2005)

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