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Born	April 1, 1977 (age 47) • Oakland • California
Awards And Honors	National Book Award (2017) • National Book Award (2011)
Notable Works	“Let Us Descend” • “Men We Reaped” • “Salvage the Bones” • “Sing, Unburied, Sing” • “The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race” • “Where the Line Bleeds”

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