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Tennessee Williams (1911-1983)
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Eudora Welty (1909-2001)
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David Herbert Donald (1920-2009)
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Rebecca Walker, 55
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Richard Ford, 80
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Al Young (1939-2021)
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Frank Stanford (1948-1978)
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Prentiss Ingraham (1843-1904)
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Anthony Morrison, 42
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Barry Hannah (1942-2010)
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Charlaine Harris, 73
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Charles Henri Ford (1913-2002)
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Wyatt Emory Cooper (1927-1978)
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Born in Mississippi
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