Caroline Leavitt's Writings
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Feb.10.2013
The Sunday New York Times
Please read my piece about loving the odd, the strange, the unbeautiful.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/10/fashion/a-writers-tortoise-leads-the-w...
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Feb.01.2012
CarolineLeavittville
Meredith Maran published her first poem at the age of six in Highlights for Kids. How cool is that? She's gone on from that illustrious start to become a journalist, book critic, and absolute knockout writer. (Go read My Lie, her memoir about false memory, immediately if you haven't already.) Her novel, A Theory of Small Earthquakes, is a...
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Nov.06.2011
CarolineLeavittville
Ayelet Waldman and Robin Levi have created a book that is nothing short of extraordinary: Inside This Place, Not Of It, is a collection of narratives from women who are inside prison, or who recently got out. It's powerful, important and it does what the best books do--it changed you. I'm so honored to have both Ayelet and Robin here to talk about this...
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May.02.2011
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I first met Tayari at an Algonquin reading at AWP. To say I was enthralled listening to her read is putting it mildly, but what I loved even more was how spirited she was, how generous (this woman sets off sparks.) I took an instant liking to her--and to her novel, Silver Sparrow. Her debut novel, Leaving Atlanta, about the child murders in Atlanta, is...
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Mar.07.2011
CarolineLeavittville.com
Bestselling author Meg Waite Clayton is not only the creator of a fascinating and riveting new novel, she's also one of the most generous writers on the planet. I was thrilled to read her new novel and even more honored that she's here on my blog to answer my pesty questions.
Both The Wednesday Sisters and The Four Ms. Bradwells deal with the bonds women form...
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Apr.02.2010
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I've loved Connie May Fowler's books years before I knew and loved her. Yes, she's a friend, and the first thing you have to know about her is how warm, funny and smart she is, the kind of person who's always on your side. Essayist, screenwriter, and novelist, she's the author of six novels, most recently The Problem with Murmur Lee, and a memoir, When...
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Apr.23.2008
Red Room Original
I live in the bookstore-packed New York City area, which means that on any given night, there are at least fifty different readings going on. For an author that's both a blessing (Yay! More opportunities!) and a curse (How can I compete with the Pulitzer Prize winner reading down the block?). So are readings worth it? Is a reading with three hundred people and no...
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About Caroline
Caroline Leavitt's 9th novel, Pictures of You, was published by Algonquin Books in 2011 and is a New York Times bestseller. She is the award-winning author of eight other novels: Meeting Rozzy Halfway, Lifelines, Jealousies, Family, Into Thin Air,...
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