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Conversations: Karen Auvinen, "Rough Beauty: Forty Seasons of Mountain Living"

By Dan Skinner
Published August 7, 2019 at 11:00 AM CDT

On this edition of Conversations, Karen Auvinen talks about her book, Rough Beauty: Forty Seasons of Mountain Living. Auvinen is is an award-wining poet, mountain woman, and writer. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Real Simple, The Rumpus, and numerous literary journals.

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Dan Skinner
Dan Skinner is a former Director of Kansas Public Radio and the Audio-Reader Network. He is the host of KPR's Conversations program.
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