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Thu, Feb 17, 2011 -- 9:30 AM

William Vollman on Sacramento's Homeless


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Rows of tents at a Sacramento homeless encampment in August, 2009.
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Rows of tents at a Sacramento homeless encampment in August, 2009.

Harper's magazine contributor William Vollman recently spent time living in one of Sacramento's homeless camps. The acclaimed author and journalist joins us to discuss the experience, which he writes about in the March edition of Harper's Magazine.

Host: Michael Krasny

Guests:

  • William Vollman, journalist and author of books including "Kissing the Mask," "Imperial" and "Europe Central," which won the National Book Award for fiction in 2005

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The article is titled "Homeless in Sacramento: Welcome to the New Tent Cities."

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