Edwin Mullhouse: The Life and Death of an American Writer 1943-1954 by Jeffrey Cartwright<\/a>![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&l=as2&o=1&a=)
, and now that I think about it,\u00c2\u00a0 it might make a good post-Salinger read for me. I’ll try to get to it this summertime and let you know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Evidently, this year’s Pulitzer Awards come out soon. In fact, they may’ve been awarded already. I’m not really sure, because I don’t give a crap about awards. But, so, hey, I came across a link to this AbeBooks list of the Top 10 Forgotten Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novels, and guess what? I haven’t read a single … <\/p>\n
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