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I have learned as much about writing about my people by listening to blues and jazz and spirituals as I have by reading novels.

Ernest Gaines
Reading, Writing, People
Ernest J. Gaines (2007). “Mozart and Leadbelly”, p.27, Vintage
I have learned as much about writing about my people by listening to blues and jazz and spirituals as I have by reading novels.