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National Book Awards Honor Stephen King NPR's Rick Karr reports on Wednesday night's National Book Awards. In his acceptance speech for a medal of distinctive contribution, Author Stephen King challenged the book world to take popular fiction more seriously.
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NPR's Rick Karr reports on Wednesday night's National Book Awards. In his acceptance speech for a medal of distinctive contribution, Author Stephen King challenged the book world to take popular fiction more seriously.

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