In fact, some reviewers have said that as they got into the story they forgot that the protagonist is a black woman. They were moved by the story - by the people as a whole - and not by the little things.
I like my guitars to be kinda worn. I don't like it when they're all shiny.
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Cass Canfield, Publisher (1897) |
Alice Cary, Poet (1820) |
Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Writer (1916) |
Eugene Delacroix, Artist (1798) |
Giancarlo Esposito, Actor (1958) |
April Glaspie, Diplomat (1942) |
Kevin James, Comedian (1965) |
Curtis Jones, Musician (1968) |
Greg Laswell, Musician (1974) |
Hasil Adkins, Musician (2005) |
Lucille Ball, Comedian (1989) |
Count Basie, Musician (1984) |
Augusto Roa Bastos, Novelist (2005) |
Jill Dando, Journalist (1999) |
Celia Johnson, Actress (1982) |
Corliss Lamont, Philosopher (1995) |
David Lavender, Historian (2003) |