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From Cheever to Ron Rash, Carver to Eudora Welty, O’Connor to Richard Ford, some of the finest American writing is to be found in the short form
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James Salter, a writer’s writer, short on sales but long on acclaim, dies at 90
Salter wrote slowly, exactingly, beautifuly, but never achieved the broad popularity he craved, having to settle for critical respect
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