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May 10th, 2011

Does Sad Sell?

There has been much discussion lately about an “onslaught” of grief memoirs. Perhaps I’m missing something, but I don’t see how 5 books, (including new works by Joyce Carol Oates, Meghan O’Rourke, and Francisco Goldman), in the course of the past 3 years qualifies as a blitz. …more

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Raina Wallens is the author of 7 books for teenagers, published under a variety of pseudonyms, and has been published in The Huffington Post. For reasons too complicated to explain, she lives in both NYC and NJ. You can follow Raina on Twitter @rainawallens.

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