↑Rebecca Chace: Russell Banks, Novelist Steeped in the Working Class, Dies at 82. In: nytimes.com. 8. Januar 2023, abgerufen am 8. Januar 2023 (amerikanisches Englisch): „Russell Banks, whose vivid portrayals of working-class Americans grappling with issues of poverty, race and class placed him among the first ranks of contemporary novelists, died on Sunday at his home in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. He was 82.“