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Now in its 14th year of publication, this magazine was created to offer the discerning reader a stimulating selection of excellent original writing. Black Lamb Review is a literate rather than a literary publication. Regular columns by writers in a variety of geographic locations and vocations are supplemented by features, reviews, articles on books and authors, and a selection of “departments,” including an acerbic advice column and a lamb recipe.

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A Week in Literary History

January 31st, 2002

American short story writer and novelist John O’Hara (Appointment in Samarra, 1934) is born in 1905 in Pottsville, Pa.

John O’Hara, b. January 31, 1905, d. 1970

O’Hara began his career as a short story writer; he published more than 200 in The New Yorker, starting in 1928. Brendan Gill thought him “among the greatest short-story writers in English.” He successfully turned his hand to novels with Appointment in Samarra in 1934, but thereafter his standing among critics fell, partly due to his defensive, abrasive personality. A master all the same.

Suggested Reading Short stories 14 collections, 1935-74. Novels Appointment in Samarra, 1934. BUtterfield 8, 1935. Pal Joey, 1940. Ten North Frederick, 1955.

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