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Kimberlé Crenshaw's "Backtalker: an American Memoir"

LARB Radio Hour by Medaya Ocher

Jun 5, 202601:17:53Arts

Eric Newman interviews Kimberlé Crenshaw about her memoir Backtalker: An American Memoir . One of the most influential legal scholars of the past half century, Crenshaw is widely known for developing the analytical frame...

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