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A Drop of Patience is a moving, painful, and stinging experience." –
The New York Times Book Review "William Melvin Kelley . . . brought a fresh, experimental voice to black fiction in novels and stories that used recurring characters to explore race relations and racial identity in the United States." –William Grimes,
The New York Times "[A] stylistic triumph . . . considerably more than a story about jazz, Negroes, and the fringe of society. On any level, this is quite an achievement" –
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