John C. Hawkes — American Novelist born on August 17, 1925, died on May 15, 1998

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In The Lime Twig I took two very young people and made them very old.
I had to go to Sunday school once or twice in my life, and that's where I commented someplace on hearing.
I didn't for a moment doubt the choice, but if life is ever fearsome, it is truly fearsome then.
Really, I didn't like Alaska. It rained, almost every day, at least 300 days out of the year.
I want prose fiction to be recognized as that, and I'm not interested in writing as it becomes more personal.