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In her review, the Observer's Rachel Cooke also referenced the revered Modernist author, describing Garner's collection as "the greatest, richest journals by a writer since Virginia Woolf's".

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Sitting Bull also spoke to Wakan Tanka, or Great Mystery, the sacred spiritual power revered by the Lakotas.

Beckett is among the most revered playwrights of the 20th century, while Mr. Hunter is a comparatively little-known contemporary American writer who has, until now, mostly been produced off-Broadway and in regional theaters.

From the celebration of the deceased known as Día de los Muertos, to the foreboding thrills and life lessons underpinning Latin America’s fiendish folklore, spooky things are as revered as they are feared.

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You don’t have to have real art or craft to be famous or even revered.

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