Michael Herr

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Michael Herr

American author

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…to subjective journalism such as Michael Herr’s Dispatches (1977). The mood of the period also encouraged strong works of autobiography, such as Frank Conroy’s Stop-Time (1967) and Lillian Hellman’s personal and political memoirs, including An Unfinished Woman (1969) and Scoundrel Time (1976). Robert M. Pirsig’s Zen and the
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…to subjective journalism such as Michael Herr’s Dispatches (1977). The mood of the period also encouraged strong works of autobiography, such as Frank Conroy’s Stop-Time (1967) and Lillian Hellman’s personal and political memoirs, including An Unfinished Woman (1969) and Scoundrel Time (1976). Robert M. Pirsig’s Zen and the
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