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‘Empire’ Writer Tells Tale Of Race And Murder In East Texas

Darren Matthews is a black Texas Ranger tasked with solving a pair of murders in a small East Texas town. Matthews is the creation of writer Attica Locke and the center of her new novel, “Bluebird, Bluebird” (Mulholland Books). Locke joins us to talk about how her formative years in Texas informed her story of racial justice.