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Linda Alcorace

Linda Alcorace is a writer and Adjunct Professor of English at Santa Monica College. Her work has also appeared in The Los Angeles Times and The Copley Press.

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I Need Steve Jobs' Liver

Steve Jobs opened Wednesday's Apple event by acknowledging the generosity of the organ donor who gave him the new liver that saved his life. But Linda Alcorace has been waiting for a new liver for seven years, so why did the billionaire CEO get one first?

Linda Alcorace

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