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name: Dolen Perkins-Valdez
about: Dolen Perkins-Valdez is the New York Times bestselling author of Wench (2010) Balm (2015) and most recently Take My Hand (2022). Take My Hand was awarded the 2023 NAACP Image Award for Litera
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