The mid-size city of Yakima, Washington, was the spawning ground for both the late, internationally known Ray Carver, master of the quirky short-story, and Gary Leon Zimmer, author...view moreThe mid-size city of Yakima, Washington, was the spawning ground for both the late, internationally known Ray Carver, master of the quirky short-story, and Gary Leon Zimmer, author of 'One From New York and Two From Minnesota'. Carver and Zimmer grew up on the rougher eastside of Yakima, Carver without indoor plumbing and Zimmer in 'The House in the Alley between 1st and 2nd St. They were one year apart in school, Carver graduating from Yakima High School in 1956 and Zimmer, from the same school one year later. The small city of Yakima made little note of Carver's death. On the other side of an ocean, the London Times ran an obituary and a story about the immensely popular minimalist short-story writer. Carver's success came late in his life. He died in 1988 at the age of forty-nine. Zimmer is still writing.
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