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Born September 18, 1950 (age 76) • Baltimore • Maryland
Notable Works “Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Other Identities” • “Let Me Down Easy” • “Notes from the Field” • “Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992”

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