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Dirty realism
"Dirty realism is a term coined by Bill Buford of Granta magazine to define a North American literary movement. Writers in this sub-category of realism are said to depict the seamier or more mundane aspects of ordinary life in spare, unadorned language."
According to Michael Hemmingson, the movement's "godfather" is legendary Charles Bukowski (1920-1994), as well as those who appeared in Granta 8, including Raymond Carver[4] (1938-1988), Tobias Wolff[5] (1945), Richard Ford (1944), Larry Brown (1 ...more
According to Michael Hemmingson, the movement's "godfather" is legendary Charles Bukowski (1920-1994), as well as those who appeared in Granta 8, including Raymond Carver[4] (1938-1988), Tobias Wolff[5] (1945), Richard Ford (1944), Larry Brown (1 ...more
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carson-mccullers, charles-bukowski, cormac-mccarthy, dirty-realism, fernando-velazquez-medina, frederick-barthelme, jayne-anne-phillips, larry-brown, nonfiction, and pedro-juan-gutierrez
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