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The relationship crossed generations, spanned several cycles in life, exhibited high and low notes, reached and dipped and found its way. Like many women friends, these two writers imagined and built a relationship that was responsive, inventive, and engaged.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMiss Chloe\u003c\/i\u003e powerfully situates the risks writers face and the freedom they find when they put Black women's lives into words. Verdelle chronicles her grief at Morrison's passing, and finds comfort in Morrison's astute advice--wisdom Verdelle didn't always recognize at the time. In this pensive and intricately lyrical book, Verdelle honors Morrison among the cultural greats, while illuminating and celebrating the power of language, legacy, and genius.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA. J. Verdelle is the award-winning author of the novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Good Negress\u003c\/i\u003e. 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