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Lyall Powers

A native of Winnipeg, Lyall H. Powers studied at the Indiana University and the Sorbonne, and now teaches English at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor). He has published widely on modern American writers, and, with Leon Edel, edited the complete notebooks of Henry James.

Alien Heart

The Life and Work of Margaret Laurence

Lyall Powers (Author)

Drawing on letters, personal correspondence, journals, and interviews, Lyall Powers discusses the struggles and triumphs Margaret Laurence experienced in her efforts to understand herself in the roles of writer, wife, mother, and public figure.

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