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Stories from a ragged edge

Broadcast: Midmorning, 03/08/2010, 10:06 a.m.

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Bonnie Jo Campbell populates her fiction with characters who lead uncomfortable lives, and she finds the humor and deeper meaning there, too.

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  • Bonnie Jo Campbell: Author of the short story collection, "American Salvage."

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