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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Hokum : an anthology of African-American humor / edited by Paul Beatty.—
1st U.S. ed.
p. cm.
eISBN: 978-1-59691-716-3
1. African American wit and humor. 2. American literature—
African American authors. 3. African Americans—Literary collections.
I. Beatty, Paul.

PN6231.N5H65 2006
817.008/0896073—dc22
2005048183

First U.S. Edition 2006

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