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... turned to the banker , the only one of that black , uneasy , stoop - shouldered group who seemed enough of an individual to be addressed . " None of Mr. Merrick's brothers are here ? " he asked , uncertainly . The man with the red beard ...
... turned to the banker , the only one of that black , uneasy , stoop - shouldered group who seemed enough of an individual to be addressed . " None of Mr. Merrick's brothers are here ? " he asked , uncertainly . The man with the red beard ...
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... turned to lean on the bar again , holding my hand . A moment later , when he poured more whiskey into his glass , he did it with his left hand , but poured it very neatly . He lifted the glass in his left hand , and began to sip the ...
... turned to lean on the bar again , holding my hand . A moment later , when he poured more whiskey into his glass , he did it with his left hand , but poured it very neatly . He lifted the glass in his left hand , and began to sip the ...
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... turned down the first street , walked down that block , and then turned in the direction of the trolleys . As soon as we'd made this last turn , Agapito stopped and took out his wallet . He handed Grandfather three ten - dollar bills ...
... turned down the first street , walked down that block , and then turned in the direction of the trolleys . As soon as we'd made this last turn , Agapito stopped and took out his wallet . He handed Grandfather three ten - dollar bills ...
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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