re: Ernest J. Gaines has died.

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Always liked his work. I got him to sign a copy of "A Lesson Before Dying" when he was a honorary professor at ULL.

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I was in his class there in 2000. I read Lesson and Pittman, liked the former better, but I just felt that this whole genre and angle weren't something I hadn't read many times before.

I had no idea Gaines was still alive.