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Concordia's annual salute to top writers

Broadcast: Midmorning, 11/04/2009, 10:06 a.m.

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Kerri Miller talked with authors Maxine Hong Kingston and Annette Gordon-Reed, the featured speakers at the National Book Awards at Concordia College in Moorhead. Kingston is the author of "The Woman Warrior." And Gordon-Reed is the author of "The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family." The event was recorded Friday, Oct. 30.

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  • Maxine Hong Kingston: Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for "The Woman Warrior" and the National Book Award for "China Men."
  • Annette Gordon-Reed: Winner of the National Book Award for "The Hemingses of Monticello." Dr. Gordon-Reed also won the Pulitzer Prize for history in 2009.

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