Héctor Tobar: What It Means to Be a California Writer

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Channel: FORA.tv · 2012 · People & Blogs

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Author Héctor Tobar describes the California values of his upbringing that permeate his novel The Barbarian Nurseries, California Book Award Gold Medal Winner for Fiction.

Complete video available for free at http://fora.tv/2012/06/07/Honoring_the_Winners_of_the_California_Book_Awards_2012

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