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Max Brallier, 43
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Jeff Bauman, 40
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Dick Wesson (1922-1996)
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Robert Creeley (1926-2005)
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Fred Finklehoffe (1910-1977)
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EE Cummings (1894-1962)
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Lydia Davis, 79
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Jonathan Roberts, 70
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