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Jul 5, 2017·1 min read

Great book called ’10 Black Writers Respond’ to Styron’s Confessions of Nat Turner. I recommend it. John Henrik Clarke, the historian, put it together. Lerone Bennett has an essay. Great stuff from many scholars and writers to dissect Styron’s book.

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