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Robert Olen Butler
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born
January 20, 1945
in Granite City, Illinois, The United States
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Kevin Smith, 32, advertising copywriter
Julia Hanson Smith, 30, graphics designer
in their apartment in Brooklyn, the night of September 11, 2001
Kevin
I know the night is filled with smoke and with fire and I would not have thought it would be my wife clinging to me now because of what I have done: I should have gone out the door last night after my clumsiness, she was half-turned at the stove, t...
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A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
   3.96 avg rating — 2,122 ratings
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1992
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Hell
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2009
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A Small Hotel
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2011
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From Where You Dream: The Process of Writing Fiction
by Robert Olen Butler, Janet Burroway 3.87 avg rating — 318 ratings
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2005
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Severance: Stories
3.65 avg rating — 297 ratings
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2006
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Tabloid Dreams: Stories
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1996
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Had a Good Time: Stories from American Postcards
3.60 avg rating — 160 ratings
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2004
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They Whisper
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Intercourse: Stories
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2008
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The Deep Green Sea
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1998
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“And so, given the musical sensibilities Hatcher treasured in his earthly life, it is hard to exaggerate the severity of his torture at standing naked in his tiny kitchen in Hell as former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover sings a Bee Gees disco song backed by a full studio orchestra and Robin and Maurice.”
― Robert Olen Butler, Hell
― Robert Olen Butler, Hell
“The monitor presently shows the Windows Blue Screen of Death, though this does not alarm him, as the BSoD is the universal screen saver in Hell.”
― Robert Olen Butler, Hell
― Robert Olen Butler, Hell
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