Sisyphus Unbound

Sisyphus Unbound

Sisyphus Unbound

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Sisyphus Unbound

2023

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Virgil, a college writing student, hopes to have his latest story published, but he must first get over one major hurdle before his work gets out to the world, his mercurial writing professor Richard Laymen.

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Timothy J. Cox

Professor Richard Laymen

Timothy J. Cox

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Frederick J. Todd

Virgil

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Emerson Adams

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