Notable Online: 11/8–11/14
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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Posts Tagged: Christa Parravani
What to Read When You’re Living in a Female Body
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
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 shares a reading list to celebrate THE THIRD RAINBOW GIRL.
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What to Read When You’re Grieving
Marisa Bardach Ramel shares a reading list to celebrate her debut memoir, THE GOODBYE DIARIES.
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This Week in Essays
A weekly roundup of essays we’re reading online!
...moreNotable Los Angeles: 4/9–4/15
Literary events and readings in and around L.A. this week!
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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
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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