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Redmond poet wins a National Book Award for book of poetry

A Redmond poet has won a National Book Award – one of the most prestigious literary honors recognizing American authors.

KNKX reporter Freddy Monares has more on Lena Khalaf Tuffaha's winning the award for her poetry collection, Something About Living.

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Freddy Monares has covered politics, housing inequalities and Native American communities for a newspaper and a public radio station in Montana. He grew up in East Los Angeles, California, and moved to Missoula, Montana, in 2015 with the goal of growing in his career. Get in touch at fmonares@knkx.org.