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Posts Tagged: hip-hop literature

Reinventing the World: José Olivarez’s Citizen Illegal

Reviewed By Frank Johnson

July 13th, 2018

If they come for one of us, they will come for us all.

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Conversations with Literary Ex-Cons: Vickie Stringer

By Cullen Thomas

January 25th, 2016

Vickie Stringer talks about her first novel Let That Be the Reason, her Triple Crown Publishing venture, life in prison, and making hip-hop literature.

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