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Dolen

  1. Oh what a wonderful evening. Dinner with dear old friends. Sharing of food. Chatter of children. Vicente Fernandez. Life is sweet. about 5 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
  2. @justbethanne I would love for you to give a shout-out to #JustRead. #JustRead is not a competitor, ya know. Just spreading more booklove about 15 hours ago via HootSuite
  3. RT @Paul_Lisicky: Junot Diaz's upcoming story collection: THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE HER: on.wsj.com/JO5qJC about 16 hours ago via HootSuite
  4. @Blue831 it's about people living in a "hippie" commune in upstate NY. Fascinating story. Achingly gorgeous language. 5:39 AM May 29th via HootSuite in reply to Blue831
  5. I wish my grandmothers had left me their writings. Something. Anything. A journal. A letter. A Bible verse handwritten. #JustRead #JustWrite 2:01 PM May 28th via HootSuite
  6. “@locallibris: @Dolen FYI - Lauren Groff discussed upstate NY as the setting of 'Arcadia' with us here: locallibris.com/authors-insigh…” #JustRead 1:24 PM May 28th via Twitter for iPhone
  7. I love developing author crushes. I'm secretly in love with so many people. All because of their words. #JustRead 1:01 PM May 28th via HootSuite
  8. It's #JustRead Monday. We are all here for one reason. The love of books. Want to add a book to the timeline? 12:01 PM May 28th via HootSuite
  9. RT @bookofsand “A Psychotronic Childhood": @colsonwhitehead in @NewYorker on learning from sci-fi B-movies nyr.kr/KVILtU 11:25 AM May 28th via HootSuite
  10. #JustRead. #JustRead. #JustRead. 11:02 AM May 28th via HootSuite
  11. #JustRead Mondays. Want to add a title to our book timeline today? 10:02 AM May 28th via HootSuite
  12. #JustRead RT @esglaude: Respite from the white noise: reading Saul Bellow's The Adventures of Augie March. 9:31 AM May 28th via HootSuite
  13. Me too! RT @vevster: Love etsy. The products are like no other. 9:05 AM May 28th via HootSuite
  14. #JustRead RT @MatthewDicks: I'm #reading Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson bit.ly/JG5iMe 8:31 AM May 28th via HootSuite
  15. It's #JustRead Monday. Did you finish your #Fridayreads? We'd love to hear. 8:20 AM May 28th via HootSuite
  16. Some books push the genre. Push us all. @Legroff's Arcadia is one of them. I thoroughly enjoyed it. 7:55 AM May 28th via HootSuite
  17. "To go wrong one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's." --Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky 7:31 AM May 28th via HootSuite
  18. Would love to hear what you are reading this week! #JustRead 7:15 AM May 28th via HootSuite
  19. "Pay attention, he thinks. Not to the grand gesture, but to the passing breath." -Arcadia, Lauren Groff 7:10 AM May 28th via HootSuite
  20. "All day, the secret icicle sits inside him, his own thing, a blade of cold, and it makes Bit feel brave to think of it." Arcadia, L. Groff 7:05 AM May 28th via HootSuite
  • Name Dolen Perkins-Valdez
  • Location Washington, DC
  • Web http://www.dolenp...
  • Bio Author of New York Times Bestseller WENCH: A Novel. Faculty-Stonecoast MFA Program
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