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To the Editor: I want to respond to the “Have Faith” article, written by Connie Berry and published last Thursday, June 22. It is titled, “Chabad on the Vineyard.”  Ms. Berry presents Chabad In very glowing terms, discusses the Chabad movement to some extent, and focuses on the background of the rabbi.  I have a […]

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PEN America paid tribute on Monday to novelist Russell Banks, a longtime advocate of free expression and member of PEN America, who died over the weekend at age 82.

Russell Banks, a prolific American fiction writer whose work charted the interior lives of marginalized people at odds with social forces, has died at age 82.

WASHINGTON: Russell Banks, a prolific American fiction writer whose work charted the interior lives of marginalised...

Russell Banks passed away peacefully last night in his home in upstate (New York), fellow author Joyce Carol Oates said Sunday on Twitter.

Russell Banks, a prolific American fiction writer whose work charted the interior lives of marginalized people at odds with social forces, has died at age 82. Banks &quot&#x3B;passed away peacefully last night in his home in upstate (New York),&quot&#x3B; fellow author Joyce&#...

Russell’s protagonists were often blue collar, reflecting his own working class upbringing

He brought his own sometimes painful blue-collar experiences to bear in acclaimed stories exploring issues of race, class and power in American life.

Russell Banks, a prolific American fiction writer whose work charted the interior lives of marginalized people at odds with social forces, has died at age 82.