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American journalist, essayist, short story writer, novelist, and political activist (1890–1980)
Also known as: Callie Russell Porter, Кэтрин Энн Портер, كاثرين بوتر, 캐서린 앤 포터, キャサリン・アン・ポーター, 凯瑟琳·安·波特
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- Forms of the Novella (1988)
- Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience
- The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition
- Prentice Hall Literature--The American Experience
- The United States in Literature -- The Glass Menagerie Edition