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  1. @O_Magazine Over the moon! about 23 hours ago via web in reply to O_Magazine
  2. New York TImes reviews Edward Hoagland's Alaskan memoir. #Alaska nytimes.com/2012/06/03/boo… 1:16 PM Jun 1st via web
  3. The Game of Life versus a nine-year-old boy. huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/25/nic… 1:08 PM Jun 1st via web
  4. @SoBeOrganized Go for it. I just did it 7 months ago--2 kids, full time job, book coming out, hair falling out. You NEED a working phone. 10:28 AM Jun 1st via web in reply to SoBeOrganized
  5. We all know what fear feels like—a ghost hurtling through your brain, knocking books off shelves and breaking vases. bit.ly/L8O0GL 9:56 AM Jun 1st via web
  6. @totesmarisa yeah read both, both really great, though not finished with Heti's yet. 1:33 PM May 31st via web in reply to totesmarisa
  7. @janelleb great essay in @LAReviewofBooks. Your joy idea is key. otherwise the loneliness, violence would be like adult books—depressing. 10:28 AM May 31st via web
  8. @DawnRaffel Congrats! The book is wonderful and I can't wait to see the bookstore version. x 10:21 AM May 31st via web
  9. #ThingsUDontHearEveryday You are such a quiet young lady. 1:06 PM May 30th via web
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  • Bio Deputy Editor of Oprah.com (writing on books, life, and whatnot), author of the memoir Still Points North (2013, Dial), editor-at-large for Black Balloon books.
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