Novelist and writer on the American west Wallace Stegner was born this day in 1909. #birthday #quote #WallaceStegner

"What I want to know, what I look for as a writer, is what good was a person capable of, how did love flourish around him or her? How did what they do help?"

— Barry Lopez

From the essay “In Memoriam: Wallace Stegner,” in *Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World* by Barry Lopez (Random House, 2022).

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