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5 Things You Didn’t Know About Richard Yates - by Ryan O'Neill
1. Despite writing two excellent short story collections which included several stories now acknowledged to be classics, Yates, to his eternal chagrin, never had a story accepted by The New Yorker while he was alive. Apparently the magazine objected to his ‘mean-spirited view of things.’ One story ‘The Canal’ was belatedly published years after his death.
5 Things You Didn't Know About Junot Diaz
1. Diaz published his first collection of short fiction, Drown in 1996, but didn't publish his next work until 2007. That book, The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, would eventually go on to win the 2008 Pulitzer Prize.