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“New Jersey for me is so alive with history. It's old, dynamic, African-American, Latino.”

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It took me sixteen years to write.

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“I put my hand on her knee. I just wish you'd say you love me.”

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I've always thought that you don't love a country by turning a blind eye to its crimes and to a problem. The way that…

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“Called her a whore and attacked her walls, tearing down her posters and throwing her books everywhere. I found out because some whitegirl ran…

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