In The Mecca
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The writers Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts and Sarah Broom discussed their interest in two communities that are closely identified with people of color, Harlem and New Orleans, in an event moderated by Noah Chasin, asst. professor of art history at Bard. In this excerpt from the event, Broom reads from her short piece "Letting Her Go" about the decision to move from New Orleans, while Rhodes-Pitts reads from her book Harlem Is Nowhere (2011), part of a trilogy on African-Americans and utopia.
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