It is one of the paradoxes of American literature that our … - Anatole Broyard

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It is one of the paradoxes of American literature that our writers are forever looking back with love and nostalgia at lives they couldn’t wait to leave.

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Anatole Broyard (July 16, 1920 – October 11, 1990) was an American literary critic for the New York Times. He is notable for denying his African ancestry by passing as white.

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Alternative Names: Anatole Paul Broyard

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