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New Letters on the Air: Frank McCourt

New Letters on the Air says goodbye to Frank McCourt, the author of a trilogy of memoirs, including his bestselling debut book, Angela's Ashes. By New Letters on the Air

Kansas City, MO – In this 1997 interview, the year he won the Pulitzer Prize for this book that recounts his outwardly tragic childhood with great Irish humor, McCourt talks about the importance of writing and how 30 years as a high school teacher led to this publication at age 66. Frank McCourt died on Sunday, July 19, 2009.

Listen here until August 12, 2009.

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