Russell Banks, an award-winning American fiction writer who rooted such novels as Affliction and The Sweet Hereafter in the wintry, rural communities of the northeastern states has died. He was 82.
<div class="at-above-post addthis tool" data-url="http://www.metro.us/russell-banks-praised-author-of-cloudsplitter-dies-at-82/"></div>NEW YORK (AP) Russell Banks, an award-winning fiction writer who rooted such novels as “Affliction” and “The Sweet Hereafter” in the wintry, rural communities of his native Northeast and imagined the dreams and downfalls of everyone from modern blue-collar workers to the radical abolitionist John Brown in “Cloudsplitter,” has died. He was 82. Banks, […]<! AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get the excerpt ><! AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get the excerpt ><! AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get the excerpt ><! AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get the excerpt ><! AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get the excerpt ><div class="at-below-post addthis tool" data-url="http://www.metro.us/r