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J. California Cooper

J. California Cooper is the author of four novels and six collections of stories. She was honored as Black Playwright of the Year, and her work received the American Book Award, the James Baldwin Writing Award, and the Literary Lion Award from the American Library Association. She died in 2014.
Catch a Falling Heart
Life Is Short But Wide
Wild Stars Seeking Midnight Suns
Some People, Some Other Place
The Future Has a Past
The Wake of the Wind
Some Love, Some Pain, Sometime
In Search of Satisfaction
The Matter Is Life
Family
A Piece of Mine

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Catch a Falling Heart
Life Is Short But Wide
Wild Stars Seeking Midnight Suns
Some People, Some Other Place
The Future Has a Past
The Wake of the Wind
Some Love, Some Pain, Sometime
In Search of Satisfaction
The Matter Is Life
Family
A Piece of Mine

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