TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sklenicka, Carol,
TI  - Raymond Carver: a writer's life 
SN  - 9780743262453 (alk. paper)
AV  - PS 3553.A7894 .Sk43 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York
PB  - Scribner
KW  - Authors, American
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index;  A friend in New York -- Pt. III: Success and discontent.  A story in Esquire;  A new path to the waterfall -- Epilogue;  A story of he and she;  Astounding and amazing times;  Beginning, again;  Cigarettes, beer, jazz;  Crazy in love;  Drowning;  Fires -- Pt. V: Triumph.  Cathedral;  Furious years;  Luck;  Reading Mark Twain in Tel Aviv;  Separation;  Sobriety;  The Athens of the Midwest -- Pt. II: Search.  Grinding and sharpening;  The illusion of freedom;  The sixties end;  Ultramarine;  Vocation;  Were those actual miles?;  What we talk about when we talk about love;  Where I'm calling from;  Where water comes together with other water;  Will you please be quiet, please? -- Pt. IV: Recovery.  Celebrated and homeless;  Yakima Valley; Pt. I: Beginnings.  Raymond Junior
N2  - A profile of the late short-story master analyzes the myths and controversies attributed to his character and covers his struggles with alcohol, the role of a zealous editor in shaping his first collections, and his ability to portray the challenges of ordinary people
ER  -