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Wallace stegner reading the pulitzer prize winners for fiction. Apr 02, 2010 writer and educator wallace stegner published over 30 novels, collections of short stories and essays, and historical works. Lynn stegner this unique collection of previously uncollected work addresses every aspect of fiction writing, from the writers vision to his or her audience. Stegner 1993 is not especially concerned here with how to write but rather with what to get at when writing. On teaching and writing fiction wallace stegner author lynn stegner editor.
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