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Elbow Room (short story collection)
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Elbow Room is a 1977 short story
collection by American
author
James Alan McPherson
. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
in 1978.
Short story
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collection by American
United States
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author
Author
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James Alan McPherson
James Alan McPherson
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. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction has been awarded for distinguished fiction by an American author, preferably dealing with American life. It originated as the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel, which was awarded between 1918 and 1947.-1910s:...
in 1978.