Conversation: Karen Russell, Author of ‘Swamplandia!’

Name: Conversation: Karen Russell, Author of 'Swamplandia!'
Uploaded: 2011-05-06T15:23:00-04:00
Description: Karen Russell's novel, "Swamplandia!" centers around the Bigtree family, which runs an amusement park in the Florida everglades. But this isn't a Disney-style park -- alligator wrestling is the major draw.

May 6, 2011 3:23 PM EDT

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Karen Russell’s novel, “Swamplandia!” centers around the Bigtree family, which runs an amusement park in the Florida everglades. But this isn’t a Disney-style park — alligator wrestling is the major draw.