Papers of Alan Cheuse, [manuscript], 1980-1986, bulk 1983-1986.

White, Jon Manchip, 1924-2013

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Jon Manchip White is a distinguished Welsh-American writer who has published over 30 books of fiction and non-fiction. White was born in 1924. He matriculated at Cambridge; after military service, he returned and completed a degree in prehistoric archaeology and anthropology in 1950. White worked for the BBC Television Service, the British Foreign Service, turning to full-time writing in 1956. In 1967, he became writer-in-residence at the University of Texas at El Paso, leaving in 1977 to head t...

Bennington Writing Workshops.

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Malamud, Bernard

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Novelist and short story writer Bernard Malamud was born in 1914 and raised in Brooklyn. His parents were Russian Jewish immigrants, and his heritage would play a key role in his development as a writer. He was also influenced by growing up during the the Depression and by 19th-century writers such as Hawthorne and Melville. His bittersweet, tragicomic stories often merge reality and fantasy, and explore the human condition through themes of suffering and moral obligation. His work has won many ...

Marius, Richard.

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Garrett, George, 1929-2008

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George Garrett (1929-2008) was a novelist and poet who taught at Hollins University and the University of Virginia. He also worked as a book reviewer and screenwriter, and was poet laureate for Virginia from 2002-2006. From the guide to the Correspondence of George Garrett to DeWitt Henry, 1972-1988, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University) American author. From the description of The girl in the black raincoat [manuscript], 1966....

Mewshaw, Michael, 1943-....

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American novelist. From the description of Marginal notes and comments written in a copy of his The toll, [197-?]. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 86141830 ...

Holinger, William, 1944-

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Cohen, Esther,

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Richardson, Dale

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Haruf, Kent, 19 -

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Vliet, Ann,

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Cheuse, Alan

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American author and critic; George Mason University professor. From the description of Papers of Alan Cheuse [manuscript], 1991-1995. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647860658 From the description of Papers of Alan Cheuse [manuscript], 1992-1996. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647883377 From the description of Papers of Alan Cheuse, 1985-1994. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32136075 American novelist, University o...

Yardley, Jonathan

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Jonathan Yardley (1939- ), Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic, columnist, and author, was born in Pittsburgh, Pa.; spent his childhood in Chatham, Va., where his father was headmaster of Chatham Hall, a girls' boarding school; and graduated from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C., in 1961. After graduation, he interned at the "New York Times" as assistant to James Reston. From 1964 to 1974, Yardley worked as an editorial writer and book reviewer at the Greensboro, N.C., "News an...

Houston, James D.

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James Dudley Houston (b. November 10, 1933, d. April 16, 2009); American writer of fiction and nonfiction focused primarily on California. From the description of James D. Houston papers, circa 1960-2008 (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 773838867 ...

Kennedy, William, 1928-....

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William, Kennedy, born 1928 in Albany, New York, is an award winning author and journalist. He is best known for his "Albany Cycle" of eight novels, one of which (Ironweed) received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1984. Following his childhood and then college in the Albany area, Kennedy began his professional literary career as a journalist at a local newspaper, followed by an army newspaper in Europe, the Albany Times-Union, and later was managing editor of the San Juan Star. He left his edi...

Draper, Robert.

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Gold, Herbert, 1924-

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American novelist & essayist. From the description of Herbert Gold papers, 1951-1981. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 470399985 American novelist, essayist, and editor. From the description of Papers of Herbert Gold, ca. 1959. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 34567158 American author. From the description of Letters, 1969-1979, to Robie Macauley [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldC...