Readers review "Fair and Tender Ladies" by Lee Smith
Listeners join Diane Rehm to talk about Lee Smith's story of Ivy Rowe, a woman born in Appalachian Virginia in 1900, as told in a lifetime's worth of Ivy's letters. Dieane's guests are Deirdre Donahue of USA Today; Patricia Griffith, novelist and associate professor of English at George Washington University; and Kermit Moyer, professor of literature at American University.
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