What’s Up With the Epigraph?

Epigraphs are like little appetizers to the great entrée of a story. They illuminate important aspects of the story, and they get us headed in the right direction.

Rest at pale evening...
A tall, slim tree...
Night coming tenderly
Black Like Me.
-Langston Hughes

What's up with the epigraph?

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