Austin Clarke reading, Live From Prairie Lights, July 23, 2003
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@ WSUI (Radio station : Iowa City, Iowa)
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Austin Clarke reads from his award-winning book The Polished Hoe. The novel won Canada's prestigious Giller Prize. It is set in Clarke's native country in the West Indies and takes place the 1950s. An elaborately structured story of a murderess confessing to a crime whose life and family were part of the society built on slavery. Clarke's reading is mesmerizing! Live From Prairie Lights was a live public radio program broadcast from Prairie Lights, an independent bookstore in Iowa City, Iowa. The program showcased new and established writers from around the world. Contact the VWU Webmaster: https://www.writinguniversity.org
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00:59:35
Englander, Julie (contributor)WSUI (Radio station : Iowa City, Iowa) (contributor)Prairie Lights (Iowa City, Iowa) (contributor)
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