CSPAN2 Book TV July 9, 2011
>> linda hogan, in your pulitzer nominated book mean spirit, whose grace? your character grace? >> guest: grace is the character who was murdered at the beginning of the book. a pulitzer finalist that year. not a nominee. the pulitzer was won by john updike. so i lost to john updike. that is probably a given. grace is the person who began the book. who began the book. this is based on -- "mean spirit" is based on the oil boom in oklahoma and basically a true story with fictional characters woven in. it is about what happened during the oil boom. the non indian men came into the area ...
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