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Jillian Lauren

  • Visiting Auschwitz

    Like most Jewish girls, I read The Diary of Anne Frank at a young age. From the moment I closed the book, the Shoah dominated the mental landscape of my nine-year-old days and commandeered my nights.

  • Jillian Lauren: The Last Book I Loved, Blonde

    My framed, original Marilyn calendar has been glaring at me from my den wall ever since I finished Joyce Carol Oates’ Blonde. When I look at it now, I feel as if I was there when it was shot. I’m not…