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... ground , the barrels inclining slightly backward against the right shoulder , the hands crossed upon the stock . A lieutenant stood at the right of the line , the point of his sword upon the ground , his left hand resting upon his right ...
... ground , the barrels inclining slightly backward against the right shoulder , the hands crossed upon the stock . A lieutenant stood at the right of the line , the point of his sword upon the ground , his left hand resting upon his right ...
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... ground as though the wind might blow them into the sea . The little shack , the rattling , rotting barn were gray - bitten with sea salt , beaten by the damp wind until they had taken on the color of the granite hills . Two horses , a ...
... ground as though the wind might blow them into the sea . The little shack , the rattling , rotting barn were gray - bitten with sea salt , beaten by the damp wind until they had taken on the color of the granite hills . Two horses , a ...
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... ground was covered with flood silt . The little girl lifted a skinny finger and pointed to a mud- caked cabin . " Look , Pa ! Ain tha our home ? " The man , round - shouldered , clad in blue , ragged overalls , looked with bewildered ...
... ground was covered with flood silt . The little girl lifted a skinny finger and pointed to a mud- caked cabin . " Look , Pa ! Ain tha our home ? " The man , round - shouldered , clad in blue , ragged overalls , looked with bewildered ...
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BERNARD MALAMUD | 20 |
THE NOBEL PRIZE 27 | 64 |
RALPH ELLISON | 75 |
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Agapito AMANDA American asked Aylmer Batman Bernice boat called captain Copyright CREATIVE RESPONSE dance dark day-bed dead death Deerslayer door DOUGLASS Dreiser E. B. White E. E. Cummings EXPLORATION eyes face father feel girl Glass Menagerie hair hand Harpers Ferry HARRY head heard horse JOHN BROWN Kiowas knew laughed LAURA light literary lived looked Marjorie Mary MARY WARREN mean mind MISS MCCUTCHEON mother Negro ness never night Pepé play poem poet poetry Prudencio de Pereda Pulitzer Prize Reprinted by permission Robert Hayden seemed sitting slave sound stand stood story T. S. Eliot talk tell things thou thought tion took trees turned voice W. H. Auden walked words WOZZECK writing young