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LAT Book Prize nominees announced

By Kevin Roderick | February 28, 2008 6:06 PM

Novelist Maxine Hong Kingston wins this year's Robert Kirsch Award. Nominees in the nine categories, announced tonight in New York, include Ron Brownstein, Naomi Klein and Tim Weiner. Winners are revealed in a ceremony April 25 during the Festival of Books at UCLA.

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