“Raymond Carver: A Writer’s Life” is the first in-depth biography of Carver’s entire life, and it is a dark, and tragic ride, certainly worthy of one of his short stories.

Raymond Carver likewise winds up to a litigious struggle between the two Mrs. Carvers over rights and permissions, following his death, at age 50, from lung cancer, in 1988, and exacerbated by ...

Theater review “Carver’s Pieces” by Raymond Carver, adapted by John Abramson, 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays through June 23, Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, ...

Today's story is Raymond Carver's "Cathedral." Published in 1983, it is undoubtedly modern in its sensibilities -- reflected in the narrator's indolence and selfishness.

Raymond carver was only 50 when he died, in 1988, of lung cancer. Those who knew him personally mourned, and continue to mourn, the loss of a warm and generous friend, a man whose hard early life ...

Raymond Carver, considered a master of the modern short story, lived a turbulent and dramatic life, but there has never been a biography of him until now. California writer Carol Sklenicka is ...

Raymond Carver revisited in ‘Collected Stories’ By David L. Ulin Sept. 6, 2009 12 AM PT ...

Here, Carver reveals the ruthlessness of the author appropriating his life. That’s not to suggest that his stories are mere autobiography -- although “Intimacy” may be as close as he gets.

I sold Raymond Carver for $152.50.That’s how I thought about it, too, for days. Not, “I sold a letter written by Raymond Carver,” but I sold him, Raymond Carver, one of my favorite writers ...

Carol Sklenicka, author of a biography of American fiction writer Raymond Carver, sits for a portrait on Monday Dec. 7, 2009 in San Francisco, Calif.