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The Craft of John Edgar Wideman


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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Explosion rocks residential Philadelphia neighborhood


Reported explosion rocks residential Philadelphia neighborhood
Tim Fitzsimons
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An apparent explosion rocked a residential neighborhood in Philadelphia on Tuesday, causing the front wall of a residential row home to collapse and damaging those of two others, according to local authorities and NBC Philadelphia.
The Philadelphia Fire Department shared an image of the damage on Twitter and warned people nearby to avoid the 6300 block of Algard Street in the city s northeastern Wissinoming neighborhood.
A 61-year-old man was transported to a hospital to be treated for his undisclosed injuries, and a second man was treated for smoke inhalation, according to NBC News Philadelphia. ....

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Seven candidates running for Middletown Council


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. ....

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