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Cris Mazza

Cris Mazza has authored seventeen books, most recently Something Wrong With Her, a real-time memoir. Her other fiction titles include Various Men Who Knew Us as Girls (being re-released in 2014), Waterbaby, Trickle-Down Timeline, and Is It Sexual Harassment Yet? A native of Southern California, Mazza grew up in San Diego County. She currently lives 50 miles west of Chicago and is a professor in the Program for Writers at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her books, interviews and excerpts can be found online at www.cris-mazza.com

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Cris Mazza

Jan 10, 2016

The Sunday Rumpus Essay: A Finished Brain

In her twenties, the author was criticized for showing too much emotion. Decades later, having learned to compartmentalize, she’s accused of not being able to feel. Is this depression, or contentment?
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Cris Mazza

Mar 23, 2014

The Sunday Rumpus Essay: Oneiric (another word I’ve never said)

Novelist and memoirist Cris Mazza deconstructs bravery, the function of dreaming–both canine and human–and a lost-love rekindled after 25 years.
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Cris Mazza

Oct 7, 2012

The Sunday Rumpus Essay: Sexlife: One Word or Two?

Rumpus Sunday editor, Gina Frangello, asked her friend and former professor, Cris Mazza, what it felt like to write a memoir about her inorgasmia in publishing climate where confessional “tell-alls” usually interrogate–and often celebrate–sexual excess. Here is Cris’ emotionally candid…