The Atlantic·5 min read·medium
Bad Luck, Bad Choices
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Mark Oppenheimer
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This article profiles novelist Richard Russo, exploring how his upbringing in a working-class family influenced his literary focus on flawed, ordinary characters. It highlights the connection between his father's storytelling skills and the craft of literary revision.
Richard Russo is America’s portraitist of left-behind people in hollowed-out towns.
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