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Kentucky Writer Profile: Robert Gipe

Whatever your expectations might be of the Appalachian Program Director at Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College in Harlan County, Kentucky, Robert Gipe is sure to defy them. Whatever your first impression might be of the towering 6’ 5” professor from Kingsport, Tennessee, with the low-slung mountain cadence and a reddish semi-pompadour that adds a couple of extra inches to his already considerable height, it...
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