Weekend Satchmo
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Complete Wed, May 23, 201828m
A boy in Chicago's Bronzeville dreams of becoming a jazz musician, much like his hero Louis Armstrong. But his father says otherwise. This story is the winner of the Zora Neal Hurston-Bessie Head prize for fiction, by Chicago writer and activist Stephanie Gadlin. Enjoy!
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