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The Head and the Hand

Waveland: One Woman’s Story of Freedom Summer

By Simone Zelitch - Published 2015

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Waveland centers on the recollections of Beth Fine, a white Jewish girl recruited by the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in the summer ...Read Review

Lion and Leopard

By Nathaniel Popkin - Published 2013

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Literary

Multiple narrators combine to paint a picture of the Philadelphia art world around 1820, beginning with some young men who come to the city ...Read Review