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Willy Vlautin on spotlighting working-class American life in his novels and music

PBS NewsHour June 29, 2026 1 views
Willy Vlautin on spotlighting working-class American life in his novels and music

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Novelist Willy Vlautin built his career writing about people on the edges of the American dream: working-class families, lonely alcoholics, and those struggling to make ends meet in the fast-changing American West. He’s also a musician, telling his stories through song. Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown traveled to Portland, Oregon, for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.
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