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Novelist Russell Banks, dead at age 82, found the mythical in marginal lives

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Russell Banks' 1985 breakout novel, <em>Continental Drift, </em>was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. He's pictured above in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in December 2007. (AFP via Getty Images)
Russell Banks' 1985 breakout novel, Continental Drift, was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. He's pictured above in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in December 2007. (AFP via Getty Images)

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