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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
STARTING WITH LOOK OUT, WHITEY! Black Power's Gon' Get Your Mama! (1968), straight through to Why Heaven is Far Away, due out this fall, Julius Lester has been one of our most prolific, provocative, and distinguished authors. At UMass since 1971, professor of Judaic & Near Eastern Studies since 1988, he wrote this essay as a lecture for the dedication of the Massachusetts Center for the Book at the Du Bois Library in 2001. (photo by Ben Barnhart)

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CARVED RUNES IN A CLEARING

ABOUT THE AUTHOR