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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › William_Gay_(author)William Gay (author) - Wikipedia

    William Elbert Gay (October 27, 1941 – February 23, 2012) was an American novelist, and author of short stories and essays. Early life. Gay was born in Hohenwald, Tennessee. After high school, Gay joined the United States Navy and served during the Vietnam War.

  2. www.williamgay.net › written-worksWritten Works — Author William Gay

    Buy on Amazon. In a literary voice that is both original and powerfully unsettling, William Gay tells the story of Nathan Winer, a young and headstrong Tennessee carpenter who lost his father years ago to a human evil that is greater and closer at hand than any the boy can imagine - until he learns of it first-hand.

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  3. www.nytimes.com › 2012/03/01 › artsWilliam Gay Dies at 70; Writer Tied to Tennessee

    Mar 1, 2012 · William Gay, a self-taught novelist from rural Tennessee who emerged from obscurity in his late 50s with critically praised books in the Southern Gothic style, died last Thursday at his home, a...

  4. www.goodreads.com › list › showBest of William Gay (20 books) - Goodreads

    • Provinces of Night by William Gay.
    • I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down: Collected Stories by William Gay.
    • Little Sister Death by William Gay.
    • The Long Home by William Gay.

  5. www.goodreads.com › book › showTwilight by William Gay | Goodreads

    Oct 20, 2006 · William Elbert Gay was the author of the novels Provinces of Night, The Long Home, and Twilight and the short story collection I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down. He was the winner of the 1999 William Peden Award and the 1999 James A. Michener Memorial Prize and the recipient of a 2002 Guggenheim Fellowship. Show more.

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  6. www.penguinrandomhouse.com › authors › 9822William Gay | Penguin Random House

    William Gay was the author of the novels The Long Home and Provinces of Night. His fiction appeared in Harper’s and Atlantic Monthly, among others, and he won the William Peden Award and the James Michener Memorial Prize. He passed away in 2012.

  7. www.ajc.com › life › arts-cultureBook Review: William Gay’s greatness lives on in posthumous...

    Jul 11, 2022 · The acclaimed Tennessee writer William Gay, who died in 2012, cut a figure as tough and scraggly as the world he describes, a homely place that seems barely hacked out of the woods.