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Mel Watkins

Mel Watkins

Mel Watkins, a former editor and writer for The New York
Times Book Review, is the author of Dancing with Strangers,
a Literary Guild Selection, and of the highly acclaimed On
the Real Side: A History of African American Comedy. He
lives in New York City.

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Series

Books:

Stepin Fetchit, October 2005
Hardcover
On the Real Side: A History of African American Comedy, May 1999
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