Not related, just a fan back in the day. Also loved what Canadian filmmaker Adam #Egoyan did with #TheSweetHereafter. I was just thinking about it the other day, in fact, after watching Sarah #Polley's "Stories We Tell." https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/08/books/russell-banks-dead.html
Russell Banks, Novelist Steeped in the Working Class, Dies at 82

He brought his own sometimes painful blue-collar experiences to bear in acclaimed stories exploring issues of race, class and power in American life.