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Larry Woiwode

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3 picks · 1968–1982

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Firstborn
fiction ·

Story about a couple named Katherine and Charles, who are expecting a baby at the beginning of the story. Charles was reading "War and Peace" to Katherine.…

Burial
fiction ·

Charles Neumiller, a carpenter of German-Catholic parentage, receives a telegram telling him of his father's death. He takes a train to his …

An Old Man
fiction ·

When Alfred met Catherine he was in his late thirties and had recently left his first wife. He was a base-ball player from the East, a dandy and a ladies …