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About Sitting in Silence

Maurice Carlos Ruffin is the author of National Bestseller The American Daughters, The Ones Who Donโ€™t Say They Love You, a NY Times Editorโ€™s Choice and We Cast a Shadow, a finalist for: PEN/Faulkner Award and Dayton Literary Peace Prize.

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