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Paul Tran wins Poetry Foundation award
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Stanley Elkin, retyped
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G’Sell publishes ‘Life After Rugby’ collection
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Obituary: William H. Gass, professor emeritus, 93
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Q&A with Rafia Zafar
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Van Engen wins NEH Public Scholar grant
‘A city of gates that do not normally swing wide:’ Essayist Edward McPherson reflects on St. Louis
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