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My Work Holds Up The Mirror To Hypocrisy, Which Puts Me In A Tradition Of American Writing That Reaches Back To Nathaniel Hawthorne.
-Ishmael Reed
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My Work Holds Up The Mirror To
Ishmael Reed
My Work Holds Up The Mirror To Hypocrisy, Which Puts Me In A Tradition Of American Writing That Reaches Back To Nathaniel Hawthorne.
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