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Sam Savage


Born
in Camden, South Carolina, The United States
November 09, 1940

Died
January 17, 2019

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Sam Savage was an American novelist and poet. He was a native of South Carolina living in Madison, Wisconsin. He received his bachelor and doctoral degree from Yale University where he taught briefly, and also worked as a bicycle mechanic, carpenter, commercial fisherman, and letterpress printer.

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Glass: A Novel

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The Way of the Dog

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It Will End with Us

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It Will End with Us: A Novel

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“I always think everything is going to last forever, but nothing ever does. In fact nothing exists longer than an instant except the thing that we hold in memory”
Sam Savage, Firmin

“Unrequited love is bad, but unrequitable love can really get you down.”
Sam Savage, Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife

“I had learned from my reading that you can do really awful things when you are bored, things that are bound to make you miserable. In fact, you do them in order to become miserable, so you won't have to be bored anymore.”
Sam Savage, Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife

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