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	The Roundhouse Voices								1860
	Elegy in an Abandoned Boatyard							1862
	The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal							1864

RITA DOVE (1952-     )									1865
	Champagne									1865
	…										1866
	Dusting										1866
	Roast Possum									1867

CATHY SONG (1955-     )									1868
	Picture Bride									1869
	Beauty and Sadness								1870
	Heaven										1871
	Immaculate Lives								1872

		THE SIXTIES AND AFTER: FICTION

JOHN BARTH (1930-     )									1874
	Lost in the Funhouse								1875

TONI MORRISON (1931-     )								1889
	Sula										1890
		1922									1890

JOHN UPDIKE (1932-     )								1898
	Separating									1899

PHILIP ROTH (1933-     )								1906
	The Conversion of the Jews							1908

THOMAS PYNCHON (1937-     )								1918
	Entropy										1919

RAYMOND CARVER (1938-1988)								1928
	A Small, Good Thing								1929

JOYCE CAROL OATES (1938-     )								1944
	Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?					1945

BOBBIE ANN MASON (1940-     )								1956
	Shiloh										1957

ALICE WALKER (1944-     )								1966
	Everyday Use									1967