"When a glass sits on a table here, people don't wonder if it's half filled or half empty. They just hope it's good beer."
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Novelists from the United StatesShort story writers from the United StatesPoets from the United States20th-century poets from the United StatesNative Americans
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The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (1993)
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