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Bird Cloud

Bird Cloud is a memoir by American writer Annie Proulx published in 2011. The "Bird Cloud" of the title is the name Proulx gave to her house in Wyoming. Writing in The New York Times, Dwight Garner described the house as "a bit of a folly"because it is not habitable in winter. Proulx sold the property and moved to a home near Seattle, Washington in 2016.

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Bird Cloud is a memoir by American writer Annie Proulx published in 2011. The "Bird Cloud" of the title is the name Proulx gave to her house in Wyoming. Writing in The New York Times, Dwight Garner described the house as "a bit of a folly"because it is not habitable in winter. Proulx sold the property and moved to a home near Seattle, Washington in 2016.

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  1. publication date: 2011 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the publication date is "2011". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362244495

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