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In Gloria Naylor
The critically praised Mama Day (1988) blends stories from William Shakespeare’s The Tempest with Black folklore. Bailey’s Café (1992) centers on a mythic Brooklyn diner that offers an oasis for the suffering. In 1998 Naylor returned to the scene of her first book with The Men of Brewster…
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