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Ismail Muhammad is a writer in Oakland, California, staff writer at The Millions, and contributing editor at Zyzzyva. His work has previously appeared in publications like the Los Angeles Review of Books, Public Books, and Avidly. Sometimes he tweets @trapmotives.
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