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A batavianative, gardner is an internationally acclaimed novelist and literary critic who died in a motorcycle accident in 1982. National book critics circle award, freddys book 1980, and mickelssons ghosts 1982. New york times bestseller and national book critics circle award winner. Authors david cowart, university of south carolina columbia follow.
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