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John Edgar Wideman
John Edgar Wideman (born June 14, 1941, in Washington, DC) is an American writer.
Wideman was born on June 14, 1941. He grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA and much of his writing is set there, especially in the Homewood neighborhood of the East End. He graduated from Pittsburgh's Peabody High...
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- 1990
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