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John Oliver Killens

John Oliver Killens

Author 4 · 1954 – 2021 · 📖 4 · 🇺🇸 United States

John Oliver Killens was an American fiction writer from Georgia. His novels featured elements of African-American life. In his debut novel, Youngblood (1954), Killens coined the phrase "kicking ass and taking names". He also wrote plays, short stories and essays, and published articles in a range of outlets.

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Fiction Fiction, historical, general American literature African Americans Fiction, historical

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