Carver, Raymond
Carver, Raymond( 1939–89),born in Clatskanie, Ore., married at 18, supported two children by working evenings while studying at Chico State College in California, where he was inspired by John Gardner's creative writing class. Carver spent a year at the University of Iowa's Writers' Workshop, then returned to California, where he worked as janitor, waiter, and gas station attendant to provide for his family while writing in his spare time. His first collection of short stories, Will You Be Quiet, Please? (1976), was nominated for a National Book Award. Another collection, Furious Seasons, followed in 1977. Solidly based on felt experience, his spare stories honor and articulate the lives of America's working class and poor, as well as sometimes those of the upwardly mobile. He completed four more collections—What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (1981); Cathedral (1984); Fires (1984), a gathering of...
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