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ICYMI: This Week in Black Writing (1/31 – 2/6)

By adminFebruary 6, 2015November 15, 2016Uncategorized

– Toni Morrison released a new short story, “Sweetness,” through The New Yorker.

– Sunday, February 1 was Langston Hughes’s 113th birthday.  Google celebrated with this charming video (embedded below):

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