Evan S. Connell The death of Evan S. Connell hasn’t received much comment. The obituaries I’ve read (such as here, here and here) all seem to be drawn from an ur-version of obscure provenance. It’s easy to recite the outward details of a writer’s life, of course—birth and death dates, years of publication, special successes and awards. But at the center of all the facts stands the work, as rich as any produced in the past 60 years, and a man who never cared to write a tell-all or even comment much on his work.Read More