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Date: 19891001
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Great Black Russian: A Novel on the Life and Times of Alexander Pushkin

At the time of his death on October 27, 1987, John Oliver Killens, the founder and nurturing spirit of the Harlem Writers Guild, was putting the finishing touches on what would become his last novel -- a sweeping, historical work focusing on the life of Russian poet Alexander Pushkin, recognized by most scholars as the father of Russian literature. Though Killens, who succumbed to cancer at age 71, did not live to see this broad expanse of a work in print, the final product, completed under the guidance of ...

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