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Book Review: Soil, The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden

February 23, 2024 by JoeAnn Hart
Cover of Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden by Camille T. Dungy

by Camille T. Dungy Simon& Schuster, 2023 During racial segregation in the South, florists refused to sell flowers to Black people.[1] In Soil, The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden, …

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St. Louis Blues: The Broken Heart of America

July 28, 2020 by John Yunker
Cover of The Broken Heart of America by Walter Johnson

The cover of The Broken Heart of America by Walter Johnson features a nearly complete St. Louis Arch, known as the Gateway to the West. It was completed about six …

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