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Maria Alia, 32
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Gerald McCullouch, 58
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Sonia Sanchez, 90
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Jesse Hill Ford (1928-1996)
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Michael McCullers, 54
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William March (1893-1954)
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Douglas Foster, 72
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Kathryn Tucker Windham (1918-2011)
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Margaret Walker (1915-1998)
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Rob Penny (1941-2003)
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Abbi Glines, 48
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Erica Galloway, 37
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Libba Bray, 61
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