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Apr. 7, 2026, 3:52 PM EDT

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Mychal Denzel Smith

Mychal Denzel Smith is the author of the New York Times bestseller “Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching” and “Stakes Is High: Life After the American Dream,” winner of the Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction.

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