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A Thousand Acres

Jane Smiley's award-winning author discusses feminism, the problems of the American farmer and the aesthetics of fiction.

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A Thousand Acres

Jane Smiley's award-winning author discusses feminism, the problems of the American farmer and the aesthetics of fiction.

A Thousand Acres

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Jane Smiley, author, 'Private Life'

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