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Ethelbert Miller"><U><B>Perspectives from E. Ethelbert Miller</B></U></A></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="929" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#FFFFFF" BORDERCOLORDARK="#FFFFFF" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 583 WIDTH="346"><div> <B>Welcome to NMS Magazine.</B></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Contributing Writers</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="ronald_fair.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ronald Fair"><U><B>Ronald Fair</B></U></A></div> <div> Author-artist Ronald Fair offers NMS an excerpt from his autobiography and other writings. Read about his experiences when he moved to Europe. The movie Cornbread, Earl & Me was based on his novel Hog Butcher.</div> <div> <A HREF="charles_johnson.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Charles Johnson"><U><B>Charles Johnson</B></U></A></div> <div> Charles Johnson received the National Book Award for his novel Middle Passage and is author of the groundbreaking essay, "The End of the Black American Narrative." His writing contributions to NMS are forthcoming.</div> <div> <A HREF="clarence_major.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Clarence Major"><U><B>Clarence Major</B></U></A></div> <div> Clarence Major is an award-winning novelist, poet, essayist and artist. He has also edited anthologies. Here he presents a poetry excerpt from his new collection, Myself Painting.</div> <div> <A HREF="keryl_mccord.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Keryl McCord"><U><B>Keryl McCord</B></U></A></div> <div> Theater critic Keryl McCord has been a theater manager and program director for the National Endowment for the Arts. 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