James Alan McPherson

American short story writer and essayist.

Born September 16th, 1943 in Savannah.

Died July 27th, 2016 at 72 years old in Iowa City (pneumonia). [ref]

Occupations
essayist, professor, short story writer, writer

I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner