Everyday Use
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Everyday Use

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Alice Walker
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Churchill, Katherine. "Everyday Use." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 3 Jan 2017. Web. 23 Jun 2021.

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Churchill, Katherine. "Everyday Use." LitCharts LLC, January 3, 2017. Retrieved June 23, 2021. https://www.litcharts.com/lit/everyday-use.

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