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Mar 2025
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A Conversation with Writer Jewell Parker...

Kitty Felde
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Jewell Parker Rhodes, winner of the American Book Award, talks about the difficulty of writing "Ghost Boys" and about her own reading journey with host Kitty Felde.

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