After a brief, 30-year detour, this writer returns to her first true love

Columnist, THE PAPER

SANDRA WILKERSON QUEEN: Once upon a time, there was a young girl who believed her second-grade teacher when that teacher told her she was a good writer. The girl had composed a short poem in her second-grade manuscript writing class, and that teacher read the poem, smiled warmly at the girl, and made a statement that set the child on her professional path...