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Raymond Carver was born in Clatskanie, Oregon, in 1938.
* He grew up in Yakima, Washington, and worked a variety of jobs, including janitor, factory worker, and gas station attendant.
* He began writing poetry and short stories in the early 1960s.
* His first collection of short stories, "Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?", was published in 1976.
* He won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1988 for his collection "Where I'm Calling From".
* He died of lung cancer in 1988 at the age of 50.
* His work is known for its spare, realistic style and its focus on the lives of ordinary people.
* He is considered one of the most important American short story writers of the 20th century.

That's all we have, finally, the words, and they had better be the right ones.

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Writing

Raymond Carver

Late FragmentAnd did you get whatyou wanted from this life, even so?I did.And what did you want?To call myself beloved, to feel myselfbeloved on the earth.

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Love

Raymond Carver

It ought to make us feel ashamed when we talk like we know what we're talking about when we talk about love.

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Love

Raymond Carver

But I can hardly sit still. I keep fidgeting, crossing one leg and then the other. I feel like I could throw off sparks, or break a window--maybe rearrange all the furniture.

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Life

Raymond Carver

there isn't enough of anythingas long as we live. But at intervalsa sweetness appears and, given a chanceprevails.

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Life

Raymond Carver

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