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A longtime staff writer for the new yorker, finnegan has written four books, including dateline soweto and crossing the line. The last tour a decorated iraq war veteran with ptsd kills his brother and himself after a highspeed chase near the grand canyon. Continue or give a gift get the best of smithsonian magazine by email. Harvard book store welcomes william finnegan, winner of the 2016 pulitzer prize for autobiography, for a discussion of barbarian days. Bill was born in medford, brought up in somerville and graduated from st. Whether speaking about his experiences as a political journalist or his bestselling memoir, finnegan.
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Pulitzer prize winner william finnegan on his balinese book tour last november. Reporting from africa, central america, south america. Apr 19, 2016 pulitzer prize winner william finnegan on his balinese book tour last november. Reporting from africa, central america, south america, europe, the balkans, mexico, and australia.
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