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Memorial by Bryan Washington

Memorial

by Bryan Washington
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  • Oct 27, 2020, 320 pages
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  • Oct 2021, 384 pages
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But, after a little while, I noticed people let him linger on their porches. He'd poke at their kids, leaning all over the wood. Sometimes the black folks invited him inside, showed him pictures of their daughter's daughters.

Excerpted from Memorial by Bryan Washington. Copyright © 2020 by Bryan Washington. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

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