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Born	November 26, 1943 (age 80) • Idaho • (Birthday in 5 days)
Awards And Honors	Pulitzer Prize (2005)
Notable Works	“Gilead” • “Home” • “Housekeeping” • “Lila” • “Mother Country: Britain, the Welfare State, and Nuclear Pollution” • “What Are We Doing Here?”

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Anne Lamott

Anne Lamott

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Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead

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Hearn, Lafcadio

Lafcadio Hearn

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Barbara Kingsolver

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David Foster Wallace

David Foster Wallace

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Thomas Merton

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Tom Wolfe

Tom Wolfe

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David Sedaris

David Sedaris

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Ursula K. Le Guin

Ursula K. Le Guin

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Henry Miller

Henry Miller

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Renata Adler

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Wendell Berry

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Hazzard, Shirley

Shirley Hazzard

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James T. Farrell.

James T. Farrell

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Carolyn Heilbrun

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Mary Gordon

Mary Gordon

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