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  2. Wallace Stegner - Wikipedia

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    Wallace Earle Stegner (February 18, 1909 – April 13, 1993) was an American novelist, writer, environmentalist, and historian. He was often called "The Dean of Western Writers". [1] He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1972 [2] and the U.S. National Book Award in 1977.

  3. The Best American Short Stories - Wikipedia

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    1978 edition. Language. English. Series. The Best American Short Stories. The Best American Short Stories yearly anthology is a part of The Best American Series published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Since 1915, the BASS anthology has striven to contain the best short stories by some of the best-known writers in contemporary American literature.

  4. The Big Rock Candy Mountain (novel) - Wikipedia

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    The Big Rock Candy Mountain. (novel) The Big Rock Candy Mountain is a 1943 semi-autobiographical novel by American writer Wallace Stegner. It follows the life of the Mason family (Bo and Elsa with their sons Chester and Bruce) during the early 20th century in the United States and Canada. The book is structured in ten sections.

  5. O. Henry Award - Wikipedia

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    The O. Henry Award is an annual American award given to short stories of exceptional merit. The award is named after the American short-story writer O. Henry . The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories is an annual collection of the year's twenty best stories published in U.S. and Canadian magazines. Until 2002 there were first, second, and third prize ...

  6. Raymond Carver - Wikipedia

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    Raymond Clevie Carver Jr. (May 25, 1938 – August 2, 1988) was an American short story writer and poet. He published his first collection of stories, Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?, in 1976. His breakout collection, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (1981), received immediate acclaim and established Carver as an important figure in ...

  7. Great American Novel - Wikipedia

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    The Great American Novel (sometimes abbreviated as GAN) is the term for a canonical novel that generally embodies and examines the essence and character of the United States. The term was coined by John William De Forest in an 1868 essay and later shortened to GAN. De Forest noted that the Great American Novel had most likely not been written yet.

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