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Geraldine Brooks on her Path to Novel Writing
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July 8, 2026
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2:50Now PlayingC-SPAN's "America's Book Club" — Geraldine Brooks, an Australian-American journalist and Pulitzer Prize winning novelist, reflected on being jailed in Nigeria while reporting on the Shell Oil controversy, saying the experience prompted her to rethink war reporting after becoming a mother and ultimately led her to pursue a career as a novelist.
Watch the full interview, filmed at @FolgerLibrary, SUNDAY at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. ET/PT on C-SPAN.
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