Richard Bausch is the 2012 winner of the Rea Award for the Short Story

 

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“Bausch writes about things that matter.”

– Raleigh News and Observer

“A master of the novel as well as the story….Effortlessly engaging.”

– Sven Birkerts, The New York Times