Russell Banks

Russell Banks

Russell Banks (born March 28, 1940) is an American writer of fiction and poetry.

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I much prefer working with kids whose life could be completely upended by a reading of a book over a weekend. You give them a book to read - they go home and come back a changed person. And that is so much more interesting and exciting.

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Russell Banks

My major allegiance has been to storytelling, not to history.

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Russell Banks