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John Edgar Wideman, 2008 (Photo by Ulf Andersen/Getty Images) John Edgar Wideman has outlived many of his peers. Born in Washington, D.C., in 1941, he grew up in the Homewood neighborhood of Pittsburgh and went on to attend the University of Pennsylvania. In 1963, he became the second African American to win a Rhodes scholarship, and in 1965, he began an MFA at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where he studied under Kurt Vonnegut, among others. In 1967, Harcourt published his first novel, A Glance Away, and he was off to the races. Since then, Wideman has published nine more novels, six collections of short stories, and five memoirs, earning nearly every award possible in the process. Despite this long career, and despite the deaths of many of his contemporaries, Wideman shows no signs of stopping anytime soon. His commitment to finding new stories to tell, his attentive chronicling of persistence through loss, and his dedication to craft have made him one of the greatest l ....
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Seven candidates running for Middletown Council In the race for three seats on Middletown Council, seven candidates have filed for the two-year terms. Incumbents Aaron T. Blythe, Andrew Chas and James Royston are running along with challengers Ernest F. Hargett Jr., Robert Muniz, Malika Spruill and Tynesia Stewart. Polls will be open Monday, March 1, from 12-8 p.m., at Middletown Town Hall, 19 W. Green St. Aaron Blythe Occupation: Senior vice president at Bank of America Leadership experience: 2 years on Middletown Town Council; Founding member and current president of the Willow Grove Mill Homeowner’s Association; Executive vice president and coach for M.O.T. Little League. ....