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By John Edgar Wideman,  Illustration by Jarett Sitter

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Issue: Spring 2021 / Volume 97/1
Published: March 24, 2021
Updated: March 25, 2021
John Edgar Wideman

John Edgar Wideman is the author of twenty books, including American Histories (Scribner, 2018), Writing to Save a Life (Scribner, 2016), Philadelphia Fire (Henry Holt, 1990), Hoop Roots (HMH, 2001), and Sent for You Yesterday (Avon, 1983). He has been honored with a MacArthur Fellowship and has won the PEN/Faulkner...

Jarett Sitter

Jarrett Sitter is a full-time freelance illustrator and animator. He often creates work for publications and the music industry, with animations that have been featured extensively in music videos. 

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