Raymond Carver was born in Clatskanie, Oregon. Carver's alcoholic father, C.R. Carver, died on June 17, 1967. For a time, Carver studied under the author John Gardner[?] at Chico State College in Chico, California.
Carver eventually remarried, to the poet Tess Gallagher[?]. He was good friends with Tobias Wolff[?] and Richard Ford. In 1988, he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters[?].
Carver's writings are often associated with minimalism. Carver published often in Esquire[?], and his editor there, Gordon Lish[?], was instrumental in shaping Carver's prose. For example, where Gardner had advised Carver to use 15 words instead of 25, Lish instructed Carver to use 5 in place of 15. During this time, Carver also submitted poetry to James Dickey, then poetry editor of Esquire.
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