In Retrospect
by Frederick JosephIn Retrospect
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In this ever-shifting life, we often stand at the fault lines—where the world’s reckoning meets our own. It’s here that we make sense of the stories shaping us, moving through the tangled threads of culture, power, politics, and personal becoming.
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About Frederick Joseph
2 X NYT and USA Today Bestselling Author | ILA Book Award Winner | 📚 This Thing of Ours (Preorder now), We Alive, Beloved, Patriarchy Blues, Wakanda Forever: The Courage to Dream, Better Than We Found It, The Black Friend | IG: FredTJoseph
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