Michael Wiwchar (1932) Ukrainian Catholic bishop in the United States and Canada.
Honouree Announcement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjTtG_muVhM (November 1, 2020)
“People talk about talent as though it were some neutral substance that can be applied to anything. But talent is narrow and only functions with a very few subjects, which it is up to the writer to find.”
"Howe's Complaint" (1973), p. 15
The Good Word & Other Words (1978)
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