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John Skoyles

The Raymond Carver I knew

Raymond Carver wrote about time-torn dreamers; the destitute, disgraced, and foundering; broken-up couples, and broken-down men. Raymond Carver wrote about time-torn dreamers; the destitute, disgraced, and foundering; broken-up couples, and broken-down men. (Sophie Bassouls/Corbis Sygma/File 1987)
By John Skoyles
January 4, 2010

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Raymond Carver marked out his own territory, writing about his reckless acts and the people he knew best -- the time-torn dreamers; the destitute, disgraced, and foundering; the broken-up couples, and broken-down men. (Full article: 703 words)

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