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MMA Fighting, Memory Loss and Identity

MMA Fighting, Memory Loss and Identity

Update: 2023-06-023
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Writer John Vercher trained in mixed martial arts as a young man. His novel, After the Lights Go Out, centers on a veteran MMA fighter who is experiencing memory loss, severe mood swings and tinnitus. The book is also about the fighter's biracial identity.

TV critic David Bianculli reviews the new PBS American Masters documentary, Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock 'n' Roll.

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MMA Fighting, Memory Loss and Identity

MMA Fighting, Memory Loss and Identity