Russell Banks dies in New York: 'Cloudsplitter' author was 82
Banks, a professor emeritus at Princeton University, died Saturday in upstate New York. His works include "Affliction" and "The Sweet Hereafter."
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Banks, a professor emeritus at Princeton University, died Saturday in upstate New York. His works include "Affliction" and "The Sweet Hereafter."
Banks was being treated for cancer
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Author Russell Banks In one respect, the coronavirus pandemic — freighted with a monk-like mantra of distancing and isolation — has been a boon to upstate New York author Russell Banks. Foregone, his 19th work of fiction, is out this month. Denied his usually busy travel routine, Banks completed another book — having researched the topic in pre-pandemic times — and is working on a long-form story about the cult of Trumpism. "This is the fastest I've ever been able to work," he told Seven Days in a recent phone interview. "The pandemic f...