David Stephen Calonne (born August 15, 1953) is an American writer and scholar of the

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and

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. He was born in Los Angeles, where he attended the

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Impact

His work has been cited in many other distinguished works, such as ''Revision: History, Theory, and Practice'' by Alice S. Horning and Anne Becker, which discusses Calonne's investigation of how revision correlates to the psychology of creativity. His book ''William Saroyan: My real work is being'' has been influential in Michael Bobelian's book on the

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, ''Children of Armenia.''

Works

*''The Mathematics of the Breath and the Way'' (editor for

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, 2018) *''The Spiritual Imagination of the Beats'' (

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, 2017) *''Henry Miller'' (Reaktion Books, 2014) *''Charles Bukowski'' (Reaktion Books, 2012) *''More Notes of a Dirty Old Man'' (editor for

, 2011) *''William Saroyan, My Real Work is Being'' (1983)

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