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| | Random House | Books | Basic Black by Karen Grigsby Bates and Karen Elyse Hudson |
 | | In Basic Black, Karen Grigsby Bates and Karen Elyse Hudson have gathered those elements that are, well, just basic to making life more livable–and they’ve added something specific to modern life. |
 | | KAREN GRIGSBY BATES, a contributing columnist for the op-ed pages of the Los Angeles Times, has written for Vogue, The New York Times, Quarterly Black Review of Books, Essence, Emerge, and other publications. |
 | | Her commentaries frequently appear on National Public Radio’s "All Things Considered." KAREN E. is the author of Paul R. Williams, Architect: A Legacy of Style, a biography of her maternal grandfather, and The Will and the Way: Paul R. Williams, Architect, a biography for young people. |
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