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Robert J. Williams

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in Augusta, Georgia, The United States

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Fiction, Short Stories

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Walter Mosley, Kate Chopin, Colson Whitehead, Zora Neal Hurston, Junot ...more

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Born and raised in Augusta, Georgia, the home the Masters golf tournament and James Brown. The youngest of seven siblings. Had a well-fed and fun childhood: good grades, ranch house with a sprawling yard, big Sunday dinners, occasional beach vacations, color TV with cable, Matchbox cars, hide-and-go-seek, kickball.

Good parents, book-loving educators both; no childhood drama, save a few dog bites and not wanting to go to kindergarten and Sunday school. Went off to Northwestern University, survived Freshman year, played trumpet in the finest marching band in the land, and eventually got a degree in English Literature and Writing. Asked a career counselor what to do next and he replied “What do you like to do?” I told him I like to write. He s ...more

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Robert J. Williams A novel about two cousins, two different generations of an African-American family and the paths different sides of the family took in the 20th centu…more A novel about two cousins, two different generations of an African-American family and the paths different sides of the family took in the 20th century.(less)

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Robert J. Williams Listening to family stories and imagining "how" and "why" things were/ are the way they were/are in the South where I grew up.…moreListening to family stories and imagining "how" and "why" things were/ are the way they were/are in the South where I grew up.(less)

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