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Larry Woiwode

Larry Woiwode was born in North Dakota and began his writing life under the mentorship of the New Yorker editor William Maxwell. He is the author of Beyond the Bedroom Wall; What I Think I Did: A Season of Survival in Two Acts; Poppa John; Born Brothers; Indian Affairs; and Silent Passengers.

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Lois-Ann Yamanaka

Lois-Ann Yamanaka was born on the island of Moloka’i in Hawaii. She has written three novels, Heads by Harry; Blu’s Hanging; and Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers, and a collection of poetry; Saturday Night at the Pahala Theatre.

Ms. Yamanaka, who writes in Hawaiian Creole English, a language stigmatized by its association with the immigrant class, has said, “I am devoted to telling stories the way I have experienced them—cultural identity and linguistic identity being skin and flesh to my body.”

Ms. Yamanaka received a Lannan Literary Award in 1998.

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