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Martha Southgate
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December 10, 1960
in Cleveland OH, The United States
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The Taste of Salt
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Third Girl from the Left
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The Fall of Rome
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Another Way to Dance
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It's a Wonderful Life
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I've never read any of Southgate's work but this was a powerful story that is interwoven through three generations of women and covers race, sexuality, class, and the broken heart.
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| ~2012 Reading Cha...: Beth K's 2011 Challenge | 71 | 42 | Dec 31, 2011 03:36pm |
“The cure for anything is salt water — sweat, tears, or the salt sea.”
― Karen Blixen
― Karen Blixen
“Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.”
― E.L. Doctorow
― E.L. Doctorow
Literary Fiction by People of Color
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