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Originally Posted by MikeWaters
the reason why Stegner is so unknown, I would venture, is that he is probably rarely read in high school.
Most Americans do as much reading by the time they are 18 as they will do for the rest of the their lives.
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You're talking about a subclass of people who don't know Faulkner or Hemingway either. They've heard of Shakespeare.
It's a different group Egan is talking about.
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