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Christa Parravani

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  • Notable Online

Notable Online: 11/8–11/14

  • Ian MacAllen
  • November 8, 2020
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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What to Read When You’re Living in a Female Body

  • Marcia Trahan
  • June 19, 2020
Marcia Trahan shares a reading list to celebrate MERCY: A MEMOIR OF MEDICAL TRAUMA AND TRUE CRIME OBSESSION.
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What to Read When You’ve Made It Halfway Through 2020

  • The Rumpus
  • June 5, 2020
Rumpus editors share forthcoming books they can’t wait to read!
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What to Read When You Want True Things about Appalachia

  • Emma Copley Eisenberg
  • January 24, 2020
Emma Copley Eisenberg shares a reading list to celebrate THE THIRD RAINBOW GIRL.
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What to Read When You’re Grieving

  • Marisa Bardach Ramel
  • July 5, 2019
Marisa Bardach Ramel shares a reading list to celebrate her debut memoir, THE GOODBYE DIARIES.
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This Week in Essays

  • Tamara Matthews
  • April 10, 2019
A weekly roundup of essays we’re reading online!
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  • Notable Los Angeles

Notable Los Angeles: 4/9–4/15

  • Xach Fromson
  • April 9, 2018
Literary events and readings in and around L.A. this week!
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Growing Up with Books

  • Guia Cortassa
  • November 24, 2015
Over at The Millions, Nick Ripatrazone asked some authors, including William Giraldi and Christa Parravani, which were the books that defined their childhoods and, subsequently, their writing imaginations.
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Her by Christa Parravani

  • Elena Carter
  • July 25, 2013
Parravani tells the story of her twin sister, whose brutal rape led to a heroin addiction and her eventual death by overdose at the age of 28. Accustomed to mimicking her twin, Parravani began to emulate her self-destructiveness.
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