SOURCE: "William Saroyan," in English Journal, Vol. XXVIII, No. 3, March, 1939, pp. 169-77.
An American educator who served for over fifteen years as the president of The University of Michigan, Hatcher published works about the modern novel and modern drama as well as histories of the Great Lakes region. In the following excerpt, he contends that the strengths and weakness of Saroyan' s short fiction are directly related to his personality and outlook on life.
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