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Conversation: Karen Russell, Author of 'Swamplandia!'

Jeffrey Brown talks to Karen Russell author of the novel, "Swamplandia!"

05/06/2011

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Conversation: Karen Russell, Author of 'Swamplandia!'

Clip: 5/6/2011 | 9m 51s

Jeffrey Brown talks to Karen Russell author of the novel, "Swamplandia!"

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.

05/06/2011

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