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William McPherson, Pulitzer-winning book critic who chronicled his decline into poverty, dies at 84

In a life defined by restless searching, William McPherson was a three-time college dropout, a Merchant Marine seaman (“one of my attempts to try on a new identity and escape the world around me”) and a Pulitzer Prize-winning literary critic for The Washington Post.

 

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