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Handwritten diaries may feel old fashioned, but they offer insights that digital diaries just can’t match

  • Written by Paula Vene Smith, Professor of English, Grinnell College
imageHandwritten diaries and digital diaries both help preserve experiences and memories, but in different ways.luza studios/E+ via Getty Images

The first time I taught a college course called “The London Diary” for young Americans studying abroad back in 2002, each student ended up with a tangible book of memories, a handwritten record of...

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