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Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir

by Nikki Grimes

Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir Nikki Grimes 9781635925623 Nonfiction Wordsong Boyds Mills Press ★ A Michael L. Printz Honor Book ★ A Robert F. Sibert Informational Honor Book ★ A Bosto...

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Nikki Grimes

Nikki Grimes 0000000029034029 Recipient of the 2022 Virginia Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Award Nikki Grimes is a renowned author, poet, and journalist from Harlem, New York. Known for her children a...

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When Daddy Prays

by Nikki Grimes

When Daddy Prays Nikki Grimes 9780802852663 Poetry Eerdmans Books for Young Readers Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company When Daddy praysmy fear of darkness disappearsand angels tiptoe down the hall.I h...

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Lullaby for the King

by Nikki Grimes

Lullaby for the King Nikki Grimes 9781506485621 Fiction Beaming Books 1517 Media An awe-inspiring Christmas tale from multi-award-winning poet Nikki Grimes. The caravan traveled through wilderness,...

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Garvey in the Dark

by Nikki Grimes

Garvey in the Dark Nikki Grimes 9781635925265 Fiction Wordsong Boyds Mills Press Winner, 2023 Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award Capturing the shock and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic through the ey...

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Thanks a Million

by Nikki Grimes

Thanks a Million Nikki Grimes 9780063204034 Nonfiction Greenwillow Books HarperCollins Acclaimed poet Nikki Grimes and award-winning illustrator Cozbi A. Cabrera celebrate the joy of family, friends, ...

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Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance

by Nikki Grimes

Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance Nikki Grimes 9781681199443 Fiction Bloomsbury Publishing Bloomsbury Publishing From Children’s Literature Legacy Award-winning author Nikki Grimes comes a...

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Southwest Sunrise

by Nikki Grimes

Southwest Sunrise Nikki Grimes 9781547600823 Fiction Bloomsbury Publishing Bloomsbury Publishing From Children’s Literature Legacy Award winner Nikki Grimes and highly-acclaimed illustrator Wendell Mi...

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Bedtime for Sweet Creatures

by Nikki Grimes

Bedtime for Sweet Creatures Nikki Grimes 9781492638322 Fiction Sourcebooks Jabberwocky Sourcebooks "[A] rhythmic, playful romp through a restless child’s bedtime routine… a loving, effective lullaby."...

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One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance

by Nikki Grimes

One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance Nikki Grimes 9781619635548 Fiction Bloomsbury USA Children's Books Bloomsbury Publishing A 2017 New York Public Library Best Kids Book of the Year ...

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Chasing Freedom: The Life Journeys of Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony, Inspired by Historical Facts

by Nikki Grimes

Chasing Freedom: The Life Journeys of Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony, Inspired by Historical Facts Nikki Grimes 9780439793384 Fiction Orchard Books Orchard Books Nikki Grimes offers a glimpse int...

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Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope

by Nikki Grimes

Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope Nikki Grimes 9781416971443 Nonfiction Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Simon & Schuster, Inc. Barack Obama is the story of an exceptional man, as to...

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Tai Chi Morning: Snapshots of China

by Nikki Grimes

Tai Chi Morning: Snapshots of China Nikki Grimes 9780812627077 Nonfiction Cricket Books Cricket Media Tai Chi Morning is simply, as the title implies, snapshots of China seen through the lens of a poe...

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Glory, Too: Poems

by Nikki Grimes

Glory, Too: Poems Nikki Grimes 9781640609648 Poetry Paraclete Press Paraclete Press Winner of the Coretta Scott King Award, and New York Times bestselling author Nikki Grimes introduces Glory, Too, a ...

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Bronx Masquerade

by Nikki Grimes

Bronx Masquerade Nikki Grimes 9780142501894 Nonfiction Penguin Young Readers Group Penguin Random House A Coretta Scott King Award winner!Using the structure of a poetry slam, Nikki Grimes’ award-winn...

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Dark Sons

by Nikki Grimes

Dark Sons Nikki Grimes 9780310721451 Fiction Zondervan HarperCollins Christian Publishing A guy whose father ripped his heart out too. Me and you, Ishmael, we’re brothers, two dark sons. Betrayed, lo...

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Wild Ride (a Dyamonde Daniel Book, Book #6)

by Nikki Grimes

Wild Ride (a Dyamonde Daniel Book, Book #6) Nikki Grimes 9781478890737 Fiction Reycraft Books Reycraft Books Readers are welcomed back to the world of Dyamonde Daniel in a big way with the sixth i...

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A Walk in the Woods

by Nikki Grimes

A Walk in the Woods Nikki Grimes 9780823449651 Fiction Neal Porter Books Holiday House A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection In this moving account of loss, a boy takes a walk in the woods...

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Garvey’s Choice: The Graphic Novel

by Nikki Grimes

Garvey’s Choice: The Graphic Novel Nikki Grimes 9781662660023 Fiction Wordsong Boyds Mills Press Award-winning author Nikki Grimes’s beloved novel in verse Garvey’s Choice is now a graphic novel, imag...

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Playtime for Restless Rascals

by Nikki Grimes

Playtime for Restless Rascals Nikki Grimes 9781728238937 Fiction Triangle Square Seven Stories Press Nikki Grimes, Coretta Scott King Award winning author, and acclaimed illustrator Elizabeth Zunon’s ...

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Glory in the Margins: Sunday Poems

by Nikki Grimes

Glory in the Margins: Sunday Poems Nikki Grimes 9781640606777 Poetry Iron Pen Iron Press Books New York Times bestselling author and poet Nikki Grimes explains; “A study of scripture reveals that Jesu...

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Garvey’s Choice

by Nikki Grimes

Garvey’s Choice Nikki Grimes 9781635925111 Fiction Wordsong Boyds Mills Press This emotionally resonant novel in verse by award-winning author Nikki Grimes celebrates choosing to be true to yourself. ...

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Off to See the Sea

by Nikki Grimes

Off to See the Sea Nikki Grimes 9781492638292 Fiction Sourcebooks Jabberwocky Sourcebooks From Children's Literature Legacy Award-winning author Nikki Grimes and acclaimed illustrator Elizabeth Z...

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Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice

by Nikki Grimes

Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice Nikki Grimes 9781534462670 Nonfiction Atheneum Books for Young Readers Simon & Schuster, Inc. Discover the incredible story of a young daughter of immigrants who would...

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Between the Lines

by Nikki Grimes

Between the Lines Nikki Grimes 9780399246883 Fiction Nancy Paulsen Books Penguin Random House This thought-provoking companion to Nikki Grimes’ Coretta Scott King Award-winning Bronx Masquerade shows ...

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Planet Middle School

by Nikki Grimes

Planet Middle School Nikki Grimes 9781619630123 Fiction Bloomsbury USA Children's Books Bloomsbury Publishing For twelve years, Joylin Johnson’s life has been just fine. A game of basketball with the ...

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The Watcher

by Nikki Grimes

The Watcher Nikki Grimes 9780802854452 Fiction Eerdmans Books for Young Readers Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company A poetic story inspired by Psalm 121 Jordan lives in fear of Tanya, the class bully. ...

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Rich: A Dyamonde Daniel Book

by Nikki Grimes

Rich: A Dyamonde Daniel Book Nikki Grimes 9780425288542 Fiction Puffin Books Penguin Random House The second book in the Dyamonde Daniels series, by bestselling author Nikki Grimes, is great for fans ...

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Almost Zero: A Dyamonde Daniel Book

by Nikki Grimes

Almost Zero: A Dyamonde Daniel Book Nikki Grimes 9780425288559 Fiction Puffin Books Penguin Random House The third book in the Dyamonde Daniels series, by bestselling author Nikki Grimes, is perfect f...

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Poems in the Attic

by Nikki Grimes

Poems in the Attic Nikki Grimes 9781620140277 Fiction Lee & Low Books Lee & Low Books During a visit to her grandma s house, a young girl discovers a box of poems in the attic, poems written by her mo...

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Halfway To Perfect: A Dyamonde Daniel Book

by Nikki Grimes

Halfway To Perfect: A Dyamonde Daniel Book Nikki Grimes 9780399251788 Fiction G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House Dyamonde knows it’s what’s on the inside that counts! Dyam...

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Barack Obama: Son Of Promise, Child Of Hope

by Nikki Grimes

Barack Obama: Son Of Promise, Child Of Hope Nikki Grimes 9781442440920 Nonfiction Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Simon & Schuster, Inc. The #1 New York Times bestselling picture-book biograp...

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Planet Middle School

by Nikki Grimes

Planet Middle School Nikki Grimes 9781599902845 Fiction Bloomsbury USA Children's Books Bloomsbury Publishing For twelve years, Joylin Johnson’s life has been just fine, thank you very much. A game ...

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Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel

by Nikki Grimes

Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel Nikki Grimes 9780399251757 Fiction G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House Dyamonde Daniel may be new in town, but that doesn't stop her from ...

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Danitra Brown, Class Clown

by Nikki Grimes

Danitra Brown, Class Clown Nikki Grimes 9780688172909 Fiction HarperCollins HarperCollins They may be best friends, but Zuri Jackson and Danitra Brown respond very differently to the start of school. ...

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At Jerusalem’s Gate: Poems of Easter

by Nikki Grimes

At Jerusalem’s Gate: Poems of Easter Nikki Grimes 9780802851833 Poetry Eerdmans Books for Young Readers Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company I angle fora glimpse of himwhose touch unlocksa blind man’s s...

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C Is for City

by Nikki Grimes

C Is for City Nikki Grimes 9781590780138 Nonfiction Wordsong Boyds Mills Press Here's Nikki Grimes's clever alphabet rhyme as a guide to a big city. From the ice-skating rink to the opera, C...

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Words With Wings

by Nikki Grimes

Words With Wings Nikki Grimes 9781635924787 Nonfiction Wordsong Boyds Mills Press Winner 2014 Coretta Scott King 2014 Author Honor Award Gabby’s world is filled with daydreams. However, what...

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Dark Sons

by Nikki Grimes

Dark Sons Nikki Grimes 9781663606419 Fiction Turtleback Turtleback A guy whose father ripped his heart out too. You and me, Ishmael, we’re brothers, two dark sons. Destroyed, lost, and isolated,...

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One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance

by Nikki Grimes

One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance Nikki Grimes 9781681196022 Nonfiction Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Bloomsbury Publishing

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A Pocketful of Poems

by Nikki Grimes

A Pocketful of Poems Nikki Grimes 9781328497963 Fiction HMH Books for Young Readers Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Tiana has a pocketful of words: green words like spring, night words like moon, and words ...

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Bronx Masquerade

by Nikki Grimes

Bronx Masquerade Nikki Grimes 9780425289761 Nonfiction Dial Books Penguin Random House

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Bronx Masquerade (Bound for Schools & Libraries)

by Nikki Grimes

Bronx Masquerade (Bound for Schools & Libraries) Nikki Grimes 9780606404907 Fiction Turtleback Turtleback The beloved and award-winning novel now available in a new format with a great new cover! When...

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A Girl Named Mister

by Nikki Grimes

A Girl Named Mister Nikki Grimes 9780310720782 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins My boyfriend used to think it was cute, a girl named Mister. Used to think I was cute. Used to be my boyfriend what feels l...

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Voices of Christmas [With CD (Audio)]

by Nikki Grimes

Voices of Christmas [With CD (Audio)] Nikki Grimes 9780310711926 Poetry Zonderkidz HarperCollins Christian Publishing Mary, Joseph, the innkeeper, Elizabeth, the shepherds, and others poetically recou...

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The Road to Paris

by Nikki Grimes

The Road to Paris Nikki Grimes 9780142410820 Fiction Penguin Young Readers Group Penguin Random House Paris has just moved in with the Lincoln family, and she isn?t thrilled to be in yet another foste...

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A Day with Daddy (Turtleback School & Library)

by Nikki Grimes

A Day with Daddy (Turtleback School & Library) Nikki Grimes 9781417654208 Fiction Turtleback Turtleback For use in schools and libraries only. A boy enjoys every moment of a special day with his fathe...

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Bronx Masquerade

by Nikki Grimes

Bronx Masquerade Nikki Grimes 9780756929329 Fiction Perfection Learning Perfection Learning When Wesley Boone writes a poem for his high school English class, some of his classmates clamor to read the...

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My Man Blue

by Nikki Grimes

My Man Blue Nikki Grimes 9780142301975 Nonfiction Puffin Books Penguin Random House A collection of poems describes a young boy’s life with his working mother as he establishes his own identity and de...

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Talkin’ About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman

by Nikki Grimes

Talkin’ About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman Nikki Grimes 9780439352437 Fiction Scholastic Inc Scholastic Inc. Soar along with Bessie Coleman in this inspirational tale of a woman whos...

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A Pocketful of Poems

by Nikki Grimes

A Pocketful of Poems Nikki Grimes 9780395938683 Nonfiction Clarion Books HarperCollins Tiana has a pocketful of words: green words like spring, night words like moon, and words with wings, like angel....

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Jazmin’s Notebook

by Nikki Grimes

Jazmin’s Notebook Nikki Grimes 9780141307022 Fiction Penguin Young Readers Group Penguin Random House Jazmin Shelby was "born with clenched fists"-which is okay, since she’s got a lot of fighting ahea...

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Meet Danitra Brown

by Nikki Grimes

Meet Danitra Brown Nikki Grimes 9780688154714 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins This spirited collection of poems introduces young readers to Danitra Brown, the most splendiferous girl in town, and her be...

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It’s Raining Laughter

by Nikki Grimes

It’s Raining Laughter Nikki Grimes 9780803720039 Poetry Dial Books Penguin Random House A collection of poems about children growing up with photographs of African American children

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Wild, Wild Hair

by Nikki Grimes

Wild, Wild Hair Nikki Grimes 9780590265904 Fiction Cartwheel Books Scholastic Inc. Tisa hates Mondays because that’s when she gets her long, thick, wild hair combed and braided, so she hides. But once...

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From a Child’s Heart

by Nikki Grimes

From a Child’s Heart Nikki Grimes 9780940975446 Fiction Just Us Books Just Us Books, Inc. From A Child’s Heart is a beautiful collection of preyer/poems that are complemented by striking art by celebr...

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Something on My Mind

by Nikki Grimes

Something on My Mind Nikki Grimes 9780803782297 Fiction Dial Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House Poems expressing the hopes, fears, joys, and sorrows of growing up.

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Myles C. Pinkney

Myles C. Pinkney NONE Myles C. Pinkney is an acclaimed children's book photographer, known for works like “It's Raining Laughter” by Nikki Grimes. He enjoys imbuing his subjects with personality and ...

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This Is Not a Small Voice: Poems by Black Poets

by Traci N. Todd

This Is Not a Small Voice: Poems by Black Poets Traci N. Todd 9798887772042 Poetry Nosy Crow Nosy Crow A beautiful, bold collection of more than 100 dazzling poems by Black poets for the whole family ...

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Recognize!: An Anthology Honoring and Amplifying Black Life

by Cheryl Willis Hudson and Wade Hudson

Recognize!: An Anthology Honoring and Amplifying Black Life Cheryl Willis Hudson and Wade Hudson 9780593381595 Fiction Crown Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House In the stunning follow-up to T...

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The Talk (paperback): Conversations about Race, Love & Truth

by Cheryl Willis Hudson and Wade Hudson

The Talk (paperback): Conversations about Race, Love & Truth Cheryl Willis Hudson and Wade Hudson 9780593121641 Nonfiction Yearling Penguin Random House Thirty diverse, award-winning authors and illus...

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Chlorine Sky

by Mahogany L. Browne

Chlorine Sky Mahogany L. Browne 9780593176399 Fiction Crown Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House A novel-in-verse about a young girl coming-of-age and stepping out of the shadow of her former ...

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The Talk: Conversations about Race, Love & Truth

by Cheryl Willis Hudson and Wade Hudson

The Talk: Conversations about Race, Love & Truth Cheryl Willis Hudson and Wade Hudson 9780593121610 Nonfiction Crown Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House Perfect for readers of Flying Lessons ...

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In Praise Of Our Fathers And Our Mothers: A Black Family Treasury By Outstanding Authors And Artists

by Cheryl Willis Hudson and Wade Hudson

In Praise Of Our Fathers And Our Mothers: A Black Family Treasury By Outstanding Authors And Artists Cheryl Willis Hudson and Wade Hudson 9780940975590 Nonfiction Just Us Books Just Us Books, Inc. For...

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Theodore Taylor III

Theodore Taylor III NONE Theodore Taylor III is an award-winning illustrator and comic artist, known for his work on 'When The Beat Was Born' and the graphic novel 'Garvey’s Choice'. Theodore Taylor ...

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Shane W. Evans

Shane W. Evans 0000000038504360 Shane Evans is a renowned illustrator, artist and designer whose work has been recognized by The Boston Globe-Horn Book Award and The Orbis Pictus Award. His illustrat...

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Eric Velasquez

Eric Velasquez 0000000424545187 Eric Velasquez, an Afro-Puerto Rican illustrator from Harlem, offers a unique cultural perspective in his work. A graduate of the School of Visual Arts, Velasquez has ...

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Jerome Lagarrigue

Jerome Lagarrigue 0000000403502938 Jerome Lagarrigue, a Paris-raised artist, moved to the US in 1992 and graduated from Rhode Island School of Design. He has won prestigious awards including the Core...

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