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A Very Self-Centered Review of Jarvis DeBerry's "I Feel to Believe: Collected Columns"
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A Very Self-Centered Review of Jarvis DeBerry's "I Feel to Believe: Collected Columns"

Published on modern maroon, August 6, 2020.

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A Very Self-Centered Review of Jarvis DeBerry's "I Feel to Believe: Collected Columns"
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When I received Jarvis DeBerry’s I Feel to Believe: Collected Columns, I held the book in my hands and cried. 

I’ve been experiencing a sort of existential crisis over the last five months. Since March, when COVID-19 began its government-sanctioned assault on Black and working-poor communities around the country, I’ve published two articles. 

I wrote for …

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