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An essay is presented on the novel "And All Our Wounds Forgiven (1994)" by Julius Lester. Topics discussed include the novel's subversion of three particular images of minister Martin Luther King Jr., namely the Christ figure, the messiah, and the martyr, including what is described as his less romantic image, the adulterer, the apparent silence of writer Trudier Harris on "And All Our Wounds Forgiven," and the novel's differences from Charles Johnson's "Dreamer: A Novel (1998)." more...