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AngryOldDem

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19. Toward the end of "The Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois"

Sun Dec 19, 2021, 07:54 PM

Dec 2021

And sadly, my opinion of this book has slipped since last week. The writing is starting to get strained, the dialogue is unbelievable and often cliched, and I’m afraid the author doesn’t quite have the ability to bring her vision successfully to the page.

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