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925:"Rest in Power: Gloria Naylor, Author of 'The Women of Brewster Place', Has Died
874:"Mass Murder, Targeted Individuals, and Gang-Stalking: Exploring the Connection"
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783:"Gloria Naylor: In Memoriam"
703:Contemporary Black Biography
582:The Women of Brewster Place.
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700:"Naylor, Gloria 1950–."
426:African American Review
399:Sacred Heart University
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721:"Gale - Gloria Naylor"
495:The Meanings of a Word
210:Martin Luther King Jr.
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2229:A'Lelia Perry Bundles
2201:Nora Marks Dauenhauer
1519:Mei-mei Berssenbrugge
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1188:American Book Awards
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752:Voices from the Gaps
299:category First Novel
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2088:Michelle T. Clinton
1928:Alma Luz Villanueva
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