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- William McPherson (March 16, 1933 – March 28, 2017) was an American writer and journalist. He is the author of two novels, Testing the Current and To the Sargasso Sea, and many articles, essays, and book reviews. McPherson was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism in 1977.
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Mar 29, 2017 · William McPherson, a novelist and Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic for The Washington Post who won late-life acclaim for a rueful essay describing his descent into poverty, died on Tuesday...
William McPherson (March 16, 1933 – March 28, 2017) was an American writer and journalist. He is the author of two novels, Testing the Current and To the Sargasso Sea, and many articles, essays, and book reviews. McPherson was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism in 1977.
Mar 28, 2017 · In a life defined by restless searching, William McPherson was a three-time college dropout, a Merchant Marine seaman (“one of my attempts to try on a new identity and escape the world around...
Nov 17, 2014 · Los Angeles Times Book Critic. UPDATE: March 28, 2017 — William McPherson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic, came upon hard times late in life and wrote powerfully about that in 2014,...
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William McPherson (1933–2017), a novelist, critic, and journalist, was the editor of the Washington Post Book World and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. His first novel, Testing the Current, was republished by New York Review Books Classics in 2013.
Jan 12, 2013 · The 79-year-old author, a former editor at William Morrow & Co. who won a Pulitzer Prize for criticism as the editor of the Washington Post’s Book World, is working on a new novel.
Jun 6, 2018 · William McPherson. Died on March 28, 2017 at age 84. Mr. McPherson was a Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic for The Washington Post whose midlife novel “Testing the Current” won critical...
