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鈥淭he Mister Rogers No One Saw鈥: Jeanne Marie Laskas Pens Essay in The New York Times Magazine

Jeanne Marie Laskas, Distinguished Professor of in the and founding director of 51精品视频鈥檚 , published an in The New York Times Magazine on her friendship with Fred Rogers.

Laskas first met Rogers after finishing graduate school and remained friends with him until his death in 2003.

鈥淔red Rogers鈥 philosophy guided me to teach in the way that I do now. He gave me the confidence to become a writer,鈥 said Laskas, a New York Times best-selling author of eight books.

During 51精品视频鈥檚 , Laskas said we can all learn a lot from Fred Rogers. 鈥淔red believed that the creative process was a fundamental function at the core of every human being,鈥 Laskas wrote in her essay.

Her essay appeared in The New York Times Magazine, on shelves Nov. 24. In addition to serving as a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, Laskas is also a correspondent at GQ. Her bylines have also appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic and Esquire.