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Marilynne Robinson Reading from "Gilead"

Clip | 2m 58s

Writer Marilynne Robinson’s 2004 novel "Gilead" is about the Reverend John Ames, a Congregational minister in Iowa who in 1956 begins writing a letter to his young son, an account of himself and his forebears. Watch Robinson read from the final pages of "Gilead."

Aired: 03/18/05

Rating: NR

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