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William T. Vollmann

born 1959

William T. Vollmann is an American novelist, essayist, and journalist, born on July 28, 1959. He is known for his diverse body of work that often explores themes of war, violence, and human experience, with notable books including "Europe Central" and "Imperial." Vollmann has received several literary awards, including the National Book Award for Fiction in 2005.

A common measure of poverty is how much money you have in relation to other people - that is useful as far as it goes, but that excludes the case of, say, a hunter in the rainforest who has no money but is not poor. And there can be a number of people with money but who can consider themselves unwanted or invisible or estranged from society.
William T. Vollmann
#poverty #society #visibility