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John Edgar Wideman

writer, novelist, essayist, cultural critic, university teacher, basketball player

1941

John Edgar Wideman is an American novelist, short story writer, memoirist, and essayist. He was the first person to win the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction twice. His writing is known for experimental techniques and a focus on the African-American experience.

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Real change is always violent, but it may hurt a lot less than what's in place before the violence occurs.

John Edgar Wideman