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Harper Perennial

9780062942951

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Historical Fiction

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

By Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers weaves an epic ancestral story, showing that where any one person comes from is much more complicated than genetic makeup.

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Review of ‘The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois’

Nowadays, it’s easy to find out where you came from. Just pluck out some hair follicles or scrape your cheek for some cells, send them to a lab far away, and they’ll determine your genetic makeup. Even when science reveals these secrets about our bodies, however, ancestry and heritage are still complex elements of our…

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