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Tom Harkin: “He'll find people like John Irving, Kurt Vonnegut, Tennessee Williams, Flannery O'Connor, Jane Smiley, who just wrote…”

On the recordSeptember 17, 1997
He'll find people like John Irving, Kurt Vonnegut, Tennessee Williams, Flannery O'Connor, Jane Smiley, who just wrote the wonderful book ``A Thousand Acres'' and won a Pulitzer Prize for it. It is now being made into a movie. Writers Workshop. NEA recipients. No, he didn't mention those.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Discussing notable authors and NEA recipients during a Senate debate.

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