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What starts the story for this National Book Award winner

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What starts the story for this National Book Award winner

"Fortune Smiles," a collection of stories by Adam Johnson, was the winner of this year's National Book Award for fiction. He joined Jeffrey Brown at the Miami Book Fair to discuss what inspires his stories.

AIR DATE 1/1/16

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