Inspired by Sally’s words:

Words make us consider, compel us to create – to imagine or record. Here are some responses to Sally’s words from students, readers, and listeners:

Drawings

By Janine Wang, student.

By Ilaria Mancini.

Drawn by a teenager in Verona, sent by teacher Viviana Soregotti.

THE GREEN LADY on her boat by Pietro Puccio illustrazione.

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By Ilaria Mancini.

Painting by Mimi age 17.

By Giada Goracci. Teacher, Verona. And University of Verona.

Student Work

“Baker Street Bulletin,” Sanjana Mittra, Student of British Detective Fiction, University of Massachusetts Oxford Summer Seminar 2025

Words

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