McCullers

American

[muh-kuhl-erz] / məˈkʌl ərz /

noun

Carson 1917–1967, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.

McCullers British

/ məˈkʌləz /

noun

Carson. 1917–67, US writer, whose novels include The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1940)

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Some writers simply took those expectations for granted; others, such as Mark Twain and Carson McCullers, acknowledged and challenged them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

Shapland keeps finding gold in mining the lives of people like Carson and McCullers not just because of their unsung queerness, but because theirs is a different way.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2023

The rotation should be among baseball’s best despite the loss of Justin Verlander to free agency and Lance McCullers Jr. to a muscle strain.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2023

McCullers, sidelined for the first 4 1/2 months of last season while rehabbing from a right flexor pronator strain, noticed soreness after a bullpen session last week.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 22, 2023

Dat would make me a McCullers, but I was always knowed as Doc Edwards an' dat is what I am called to dis day.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1 by Various

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