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The ABCs of women's history

Cortez, Rio, author.

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2025

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305.42 COR

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Written in the waters : a memoir of history, home, and belonging

Roberts, Tara, author.

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2025

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920.573 ROB

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Gather me : a memoir in praise of the books that saved me

Edim, Glory, 1982- author.

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2024

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028.8 EDI

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Abolition : politics, practices, promises. Volume 1

Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944- author.

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2024

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364.6 DAV

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Black women taught us : an intimate history of Black feminism

Jackson, Jenn M., author.

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2024

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305.48896073 JAC

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Go forth and tell : the life of Augusta Baker, librarian and master storyteller

McDaniel, Breanna J., author.

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2024

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Perfect match : the story of Althea Gibson and Angela Buxton

Dubbin, Lori, author.

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2024

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796.342 DUB

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Belle da Costa Greene : a librarian's legacy

Ciallela, Erica, editor, writer of essay.

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2024

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020 BEL

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Praisesong for the kitchen ghosts : stories and recipes from five generations of Black country cooks

Wilkinson, Crystal, author.

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2024

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641.5975 WIL

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SD_ILS:715360

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Legacy : a black physician reckons with racism in medicine

Blackstock, Uché, author.

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2024

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610.92 BLA

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Lessons for survival : mothering against "the apocalypse"

Raboteau, Emily, author.

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2024

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Night flyer : Harriet Tubman and the faith dreams of a free people

Miles, Tiya, 1970- author.

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2024

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Holmes, Ekua, illustrator.

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Lyons, Kelly Starling, author.

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Robinson, Erin, illustrator.

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Semmer, Lauren, illustrator.

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Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-

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Straight, Susan, author.

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Theoharis, Jeanne.

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Adaptation of (work): King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006. Coretta.

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African American Policy Forum, author, issuing body.

(1)

Aladejebi, Funké, 1983- editor.

(1)

Alcorn, Stephen, illustrator.

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Andres, Alan, author.

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Antelo, Marta, 1981- illustrator.

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Ardizzone, Heidi.

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Armstrong, Julie Buckner, writer of afterword.

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Bagby, Meredith E., author.

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Bailey, Colin B., writer of foreword.

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Baker, Christina N., author.

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Ball, Erica L., 1971- author.

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Beard, Mary, 1955- author.

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Berry, Daina Ramey, author.

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Blackstock, Uché, author.

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Bolden, Tonya, author.

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Brazile, Donna, 1959- author.

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Brooks, Daphne, author.

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Broom, Sarah M., author.

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Brown, Ashley, author.

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Burns, Eric, author.

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Busby, Jill Louise, author.

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Caraway, Yolanda, author.

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Carmichael, Jacqueline Larson, author.

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Carter, Jennie, 1830 or 1831-1881, author.

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Carter, Ruth E, 1960- author.

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Chambers, Veronica, author.

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Charles, Julia S., writer of essay.

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Chisholm, N. Jamiyla, author.

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Christie, R. Gregory, 1971- illustrator.

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Ciallela, Erica, editor, writer of essay.

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Cope, Suzanne, 1978- author.

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Copeland, Misty, author.

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Coppin, Fanny Jackson, author.

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Cottom, Tressie McMillan, author.

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Crenshaw, Kimberlé, author.

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Dalton, Angela, author.

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Daughtry, Leah, author.

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Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944- author.

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Drayton, Tiffanie, author.

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Dubbin, Lori, author.

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Dunbar, Erica Armstrong, author.

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Dungy, Camille T., 1972- author.

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Edim, Glory, 1982- author.

(1)

Edim, Glory, 1982- editor.

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Eliopoulos, Chris, illustrator.

(1)

Elizabeth, Jordannah, author.

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Ellsworth, Scott (Historian), author.

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Evangelestia-Dougherty, Tamar, writer of afterword.

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Evans, Rhonda, writer of essay.

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Eze, Anne-Marie, writer of essay.

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Fales-Hill, Susan, 1962- author.

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Flam, Laura, author.

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Foner, Daria Rose, writer of essay.

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Frazier, Demita, contributor.

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Gallagher, Winifred, author.

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Garza, Alicia, 1981- contributor.

(1)

Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., editor.

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Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., writer of foreword.

(1)

Griffin, Farah Jasmine, author.

(1)

Griffith, Elisabeth, author.

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Gross, Kali N., 1972- author.

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Gurira, Danai, author of foreward.

(1)

Hannah-Jones, Nikole, foreword.

(1)

Harper, Lisa Sharon, author.

(1)

Harrison, April, illustrator.

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Harrison, Vashti, author, illustrator.

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Hartman, Saidiya V., author.

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Hatschek, Keith, author.

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Hecimovich, Gregg A., author.

(1)

Highgate, Edmonia Goodelle, author.

(1)

Hill, Anita.

(1)

Holton, Woody, author.

(1)

Hubbard, Shanita, author.

(1)

Hudson, Cheryl Willis, author.

(1)

Hunter-Gault, Charlayne, author.

(1)

Jackson, Jenn M., author.

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Jacobs, Sally H., 1957- author.

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Jeffers, Honorée Fanonne, 1967- author.

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Jefferson, Margo, 1947-

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Jefferson, Margo, 1947- author.

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Johnson, Michele A., editor.

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Jones, Kimberly (Kimberly Latrice), author.

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Jones, Martha S., author.

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Jones-Rogers, Stephanie E., author.

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Joy, Angela, 1975- author.

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Jurmain, Suzanne

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Kaba, Mariame, writer of introduction.

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Kaiser, Lisbeth, author.

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Kelly, Vanessa Baden, author.

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King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006, author.

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Kirchick, James, author.

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Kubitschek, Missy Dehn.

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Larson, Kate Clifford, author.

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Levin, Gail, 1948- writer of essay.

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Liebowitz, Emily Sieu, author.

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Mahon, Maureen, author.

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Mark, Sabrina Orah, author.

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Marshall, Kelly (Photographer), photographer (expression)

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McCourty, Devin, 1987- author of foreword.

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McDaniel, Breanna J., author.

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McDaniel, W. Caleb (William Caleb), 1979- author.

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Meltzer, Brad.

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Monáe, Janelle, writer of foreword.

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Moody-Turner, Shirley, editor, writer of introduction.

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Moore, Minyon, author.

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Moore, Wayétu, author.

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Moss, Otis, III, 1970- writer of foreword.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.)

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Nelson, Kadir, illustrator.

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New York Times Company, author.

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Padnani, Amisha, author.

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Palmer, Philip S., 1983- editor, writer of essay.

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Parker, Deborah, 1954- writer of essay.

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Pierpont Morgan Library, issuing body, host institution.

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Pinkney, Andrea Davis.

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Plasa, Carl, 1959- editor.

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Priceman, Marjorie, ill.

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Quartey, Amanda, illustrator.

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Raboteau, Emily, author.

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Ransby, Barbara, contributor.

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Remond, Sarah Parker, 1826-1894, author.

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Reynolds, Barbara A., author.

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Rice, Condoleezza, 1954-

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Roberts, Tara, author.

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Rooks, Noliwe, 1963- author.

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Rosenberg, Rosalind, 1946- author.

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Ruffin, Josephine St. Pierre, 1842-1924, author.

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Schron, Bob, author.

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Shange, Ntozake, author.

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Smith, Barbara, 1946- contributor.

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Smith, Beverly, contributor.

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Smith, Danyel, author.

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Smith, Tracy K., author.

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Smithsonian Institution.

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Sooy, Julia, adapter.

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Stewart, Maria W., 1803-1879, author.

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Stone, Robert, 1958- author.

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Sturkey, William, author.

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Tate, Claudia, editor.

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Taylor, Keeanga-Yamahtta, author.

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Taylor, Keeanga-Yamahtta, editor, writer of introduction.

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Theodore, Adrea, author.

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Thompson, Cheryl, 1977- author

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Trethewey, Natasha D., 1966- author.

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Truth, Sojourner, 1799-1883, author.

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Visser, Deirdre, author.

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Washington, Janelle, illustrator.

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Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956- author.

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Wilkinson, Crystal, author.

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Williams, Rachel Marie-Crane, 1972- author.

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Willis, Deborah, 1948- writer of essay.

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