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Paula White, 60
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Ellen Douglas (1921-2012)
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Stark Young (1881-1963)
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Eudora Welty (1909-2001)
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Al Young (1939-2021)
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Wyatt Emory Cooper (1927-1978)
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Mildred D. Taylor, 82
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Cornelius Lindsey, 39
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Carolyn Haines, 73
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Rebecca Walker, 56
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William Attaway (1911-1986)
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Barry Hannah (1942-2010)
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Justin Livingston, 38
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Frank Stanford (1948-1978)
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William Alexander Percy (1885-1942)
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Mart Crowley (1935-2020)
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Natasha Trethewey, 60
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Anne Moody (1940-2015)
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Richard Ford, 82
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Beth Henley, 74
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Ellen Gilchrist (1935-2024)
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Steve Yarbrough, 69
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Charles Henri Ford (1913-2002)
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Prentiss Ingraham (1843-1904)
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Etheridge Knight (1931-1991)
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Maxwell Bodenheim (1892-1954)
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