I think I was kind of melancholy as a kid. I spent a lot of… - John Edgar Wideman

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I think I was kind of melancholy as a kid. I spent a lot of time inside my own head, a lot of time sort of staring into space wondering the hell was going on.

John Edgar Wideman

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John Edgar Wideman (born June 14, 1941) is an American novelist, short story writer, memoirist, and essayist. He was the first person to win the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction twice, and is known for experimental techniques and a focus on the African-American experience. Raised in Pittsburgh, he became the second African American to win a Rhodes Scholarship.

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