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RIP Newton Thornburg (1930-2011)

Posted on 23 June 2011 by

Last month the American novelist Newton Thornburg died at the age of 81. He had apparently been incapacitated by a stroke in 1998 and been confined to a wheelchair since then. He remains best-known for his 1976 post-Vietnam novel Cutter … Continue reading →

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