Mel Watkins

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Mel Watkins is a widely known American critic, author, and former staff member of The New York Times, where is was the first African-American editor of the Times Sunday Book Review.

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Books by Mel Watkins

Dancing with Strangers

A Memoir

By Mel Watkins

From a renowned editor of The New York Times comes a moving memoir that recounts his life from its start.

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