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When you tell a story you automatically talk about traditions, but they're never separate from the people, the human implications. You're talking about your connections as a human being.

Source: Singing a Deep Song, in Black Women Writers, ed. Evans, 1984.
-- Gayl Jones, (Nov 23 1949-____), US short story writer, novelist; She has a particular interest in black oral culture; her short stories and novels, notably Corregidora, 1977, capture the black idiom.

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