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How We Remember: A Profile of Clint Smith

by
Destiny O. Birdsong
6.16.21
Clint Smith

In his first nonfiction book, How the Word Is Passed, published in June by Little, Brown, poet and scholar Clint Smith delves into the legacy of slavery alive in the monuments and landmarks within and beyond the United States, in an immersive read that exquisitely depicts how a nation and its inhabitants remember its history. 

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