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    Daddy Was a Number Runner

    By Louise Meriwether and James Baldwin

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    Tributes to Louise Meriwether throughout 2003 featuring a letter-writing campaign, events and school outreach. Press release for off-the-book-page coverage of author. Extensive outreach to booksellers, including galleys, Booksense, and coop money. Re-issue of classic of American literature with major push to school and college market. Holds an important place in the black literary tradition.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe Feminist Press at CUNY
    Release dateDec 1, 2002
    ISBN9781558617087
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    Louise Meriwether

    Louise Meriwether is author of six books, including the novels Daddy Was a Number Runner, Fragments of the Ark, and Shadow Dancing.

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