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268:(September 9, 1946 – December 4, 2021; pronounced "wire"), was an American writer and a professor. He was the Watkins Endowed Visiting Writer at Murray State University from 2016 until 2020; he is Professor Emeritus having taught at the
385:. Was formerly married to the poet Dara Wier. Then married artist Donnie Wier, with whom he became a step-father of two sons Heath and Mike, then had his first and only son, Wes.
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837:Allen Wier at the University of Tennessee
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607:Wier, Allen; Hendrie, Don, eds. (1985).
570:Stories, University of Tennessee Press.
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508:Departing as Air: A Novel
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413:2003, inducted into the
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