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    Jimmie Briggs

    International House at the University of Chicago

    1414 E 59th St (between Dorchester and Blackstone Aves)
    Bronzeville/Hyde Park/South Shore, Chicago  | Map

    773-753-2270

    Bus: 2, 6, 15, 28, 59. Metra: Elec Main to 55th-56th-57th St  | Directions

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    Now that Ishmael Baeh's A Long Way Gone has come under such intense scrutiny—critics alleging that the book is at least partially fabricated—one could argue the story of child soldiers hasn't been properly told. Enter Briggs, whose Innocents Lost profiles child soldiers from Sri Lanka to Rwanda.
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