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A Small Good Thing

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1983

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Further Reading & Resources

Further Reading: Beyond Literature

Buzbee, Lewis and Mona Simpson. “Raymond Carver, The Art of Fiction No. 76.” Paris Review, Issue 88, Summer 1983.

Cannon, Lou. “Ronald Reagan All-American Individualist.” The Washington Post, 22 April 1991.

King, Stephen. “Raymond Carver’s Life and Stories.” The New York Times, 19 November 2009.

Palmer, Brian. “When Did the Word Negro Become Taboo?” Slate, 11 January 2010.

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