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Hugh Ruppersburg

University of Georgia

A Distant Flame

A Distant Flame

Coleman Barks

Coleman Barks

1937-2026
Michael Bishop

Michael Bishop

1945-2023
Edgar Bowers

Edgar Bowers

1924-2000
Taylor Brown

Taylor Brown

b. 1982
The Chattahoochee Review

The Chattahoochee Review

James Dickey

James Dickey

1923-1997
Fictional Treatments of Sherman in Georgia

Fictional Treatments of Sherman in Georgia

Georgia Writers Association

Georgia Writers Association

Gone With the Wind

Gone With the Wind

Film
Melissa Fay Greene

Melissa Fay Greene

b. 1952
Arthur Crew Inman

Arthur Crew Inman

1895-1963
James Kilgo

James Kilgo

1941-2002
Literature

Literature

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Judson Mitcham

Judson Mitcham

b. 1948
Wyatt Prunty

Wyatt Prunty

b. 1947
Short Stories of Flannery O’Connor

Short Stories of Flannery O’Connor

Song of the South

Song of the South

Townsend Prize for Fiction

Townsend Prize for Fiction

The Wind Done Gone

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