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Newsletter #101

August 8, 2016

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3 books featured in this issue

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The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

by James Weldon Johnson

TRUE Phinney by Post #20

In the middle of a preposterously accomplished career that included writing hit pop songs with his brother and leading the NAACP during perhaps its most influential decade, James Weldon Johnson also w... (Tom)

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The Underground Railroad

by Colson Whitehead

MADE-UP

The escape from slavery is one of the most powerful of American stories, but it usually leads in a single direction: north. Whitehead's railroad, as you might guess from the cover image, doesn't run i... (Tom)

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Waiting for High Tide

by Nikki McClure

MADE-UP Phinney Kids by Post #8

The X-ACTO-bladed papercuts of Nikki McClure are so recognizable a Northwest product that you half expect that grammar-school children, asked to memorize state products in a way they surely no longer... (Tom)

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