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Zinni Clemmons on issues of race

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Author Zinni Clemmons talks about how her background as a girl from Philadelphia raised by a South African mother and an American father contributed to her debut novel, "What We Lose." Clemmons notes that issues of race in America are not exclusive to the South.

Also on today's program: Manuel Martinez, Baton Rouge's world-renowned tailor, here.

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