"I still love Carson McCullers and Raymond Carver and Toni Morrison and James Baldwin." — Jacqueline Woodson

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I still love Carson McCullers and Raymond Carver and Toni Morrison and James Baldwin.

- Jacqueline Woodson

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I still love Carson McCullers and Raymond Carver and Toni Morrison and James Baldwin.