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Home > 12/2/06

Literature of Color: Myth or Reality?
Literature of Color: Myth or Reality?

December 2, 2006 | Small Press Center | New York City

Discussed: literature of color as both myth and reality; personal experience vs. universal truth; the politics of book covers; the insult and the compromise; the racial geography of the chain bookstore; the evolution of the canon.

With Luis Francia, Jaime Manrique, Martha Southgate, and Monique Truong, as part of the 2006 Small Press Fair.

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