On the Civil Wars' web site, Paul John White says his connection with Joy Williams was immediate.

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Musicians Joy Williams and John Paul White are the Civil Wars.

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An incomplete list: Joy Williams, Stuart Dybek, Anne Carson, Alice Munro, Mary Gaitskill, Lydia Davis, Bhanu Kapil, Deborah Eisenberg, Edward P.

NEWYORKER: Sarah Shun-lien Bynum

Just a very few on a long list would be George Saunders, Kelly Link, Joy Williams, Ben Marcus, Jim Shepard, and whole cemeteries of the well-over-forty deceased ones.

NEWYORKER: Karen Russell

This fall, Williams joined chef Tom Colicchio and actress Joy Bryant as a host on Reserve Channel.

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