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Writer Ayelet Tsabari just awarded the prestigious Sami Rohr Prize for her debut short story collection, 'The Best Place on Earth.' She tells host Ilene Prusher that when she got the call, she was sure was being told she was the runner-up.

The Israeli-born, Canada-based author joins host Ilene Prusher to talk about themes of immigration and marginalization, peace hopes turned to intifada realities, her year of reading only writers of color, and her own journey to writing in an adopted language - English.