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Podcast: New Books in African American Studies
Episode: Rob Franklin, "Great Black Hope" (Summit Books, 2025)
Description: Rob Franklin, Great Black Hope (Summit Books, 2025)
Born and raised in Atlanta, Rob Franklin is a writer of fiction, criticism, and poetry, and a cofounder of Art for Black Lives. A Kimbilio Fiction Fellow and finalist for the New England Review Emerging Writer prize, he has published work in New England Review, Prairie Schooner, and The Rumpus among others. Franklin holds a BA from Stanford University and an MFA from NYU’s Creative Writing program. He lives in Brooklyn and teaches writing at the School of Visual Arts.
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