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Bette Howland

Bio

Bette Howland (1937-2017) was born in Chicago. She published three books in her lifetime: W-3, and the story collections Blue in Chicago and Things to Come and Go. She received a MacArthur Fellowship in 1984, after which she did not publish another book. A posthumous collection of her stories, Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, is also available from A Public Space Books.

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Things to Come and Go book cover

Things to Come and Go

Bette Howland
W-3 book cover

W-3

Bette Howland
Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage book cover

Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage

Bette Howland
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