John Casey, Novelist of Salty, Rough-Hewn Characters, Dies at 86
He won a National Book Award for “Spartina,” beating out novels by Amy Tan and E.L. Doctorow. A longtime professor, he lived ...
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John Casey, prize-winning novelist of ‘Spartina,’ dies at 86
He won the National Book Award for his novel, which one reviewer called “possibly the best American novel about going fishing ...
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Amy Tan, National Humanities Medal winner and bestselling ... "The Backyard Bird Chronicles," a collection of sketches and essays that debuted at No. 1 on both the New York Times and Indie ...