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"For the twenty million Americans who are hungry tonight, for the homeless freezing tonight, literature is as useless as a knowledge of astronomy."

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About Andre Dubus

American short-story writer and novelist known for emotionally precise depictions of ordinary lives under moral strain. His major collections include Separate Flights and Adultery and Other Choices, and his work influenced a generation of contemporary fiction writers.

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