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    "description": "This collection of Paule Marshall's short works illustrates the growth of a remarkable writer. For the first time these stories, long out of print or difficult to obtain, appear together in a single volume. Introducing the volume is Marshall's much acclaimed autobiographical essay, \"From the Poets in the Kitchen\" from the New York Times Book Review's series called \"The Making of a Writer.\" This collection included newly written autobiographical headnotes to each story and \"Merle,\" a novella excerpted from Marshall's 1969 novel, The Chosen Place, The Timeless People , and extensively reshaped and rewritten for this collection. It stands as an independent story about one of the most memorable women in contemporary fiction.",
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