Paula Uruburu
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url
http://www.goodreads.com/puruburu
born
February 26, 1957
gender
female
place of birth
Queens, New York
website
genre
Biographies & Memoirs, Arts & Photography, Horror
influences
Flannery O'Connor, Poe, Dickinson, Edward Gorey, Woody Allen, Diane Arbus
member since
February 2008
about this author
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Nice news to share—The New York Times Book Review will be featuring AMERICAN EVE in Paperback Row in the May 10th issue.
My book, AMERICAN EVE (Riverhead Penguin) is a biography of the first "It" girl Evelyn Nesbit and her role in the crime of the century. An English Prof. at Hofstra University, I love the Gilded Age, the Gothic and Grotesque, pop culture, and photography/film history. I've consulted for A&E, PBS, + the History Channel. Of Basque Irish descent, my roots are in Brooklyn, Bilbao, County Cork and Massapequa (which Jerry Seinfeld says its Native American for"by the mall”) I ...more
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American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, the Birth of the "It" Girl and the Crime of the Century by Paula Uruburu (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.69 — 178 ratings — published 2008 2 editions |
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Paula Uruburu on tour for book "American Eve"
Author appearance, July 08, 2009 04:00PM
NY Public Library, Mid-Manhattan Branch, 40th Street & Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, The United States
lecture/visual presentation/book signing for American Eve
Author appearance, July 08, 2009 04:00PM
NY Public Library, Mid-Manhattan Branch, 40th Street & Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, The United States
lecture/visual presentation/book signing for American Eve
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Paula Uruburu on tour for book "American Eve"
Author appearance, July 22, 2009 06:30PM
NY Public Library, Mid-Manhattan Branch, 40th Street & Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, The United States
Paula Uruburu on tour for book "American Eve"
Author appearance, July 22, 2009 06:30PM
NY Public Library, Mid-Manhattan Branch, 40th Street & Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, The United States
Paula Uruburu on tour for book "American Eve"
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American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, The Birth of the "It" Girl and the Crime of te Century (Biographies & Memoirs)
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she was “the American Eve” who proved too much of a temptation for famed architect Stanford White, shot to death in the “New Garden” he had created at Madison Square by Nesbit’s demented millionaire husband, Harry K. Thaw. She was the star witness in the first sensational "trial of the century," and tragically, almost as quickly as her star rose, America’s first super model, sex-goddess, and bona-fide celebrity fell victim to the very culture that created and consumed her.
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Paula Uruburu added American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, the Birth of the "It" Girl and the Crime of the Century to the book list 2009 Summer Reading List
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Paula Uruburu made a comment in the group Our History—American Eve in paperback topic:
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Paula Uruburu said "yes" to attending the event: Showcase Your Literary Works!.
date: March 05, 2009 12:55PM location: Website, The United States description: Author & Book Promotions is a resource directory for aspiring and established authors and also promotes literary works by bestselling and new authors wanting greater online book publicity. Writing-related businesses can also promote their services on a monthly bases on our front page sidebar or, on all our sidebar web pages including our front page (with the exception of the featured books page). | |||
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Paula said:
"It is reviewed in the April 2008 Vogue, May O!, May 11th LA Times. It's in the June 1st New York Times Summer Reads Book Review. You can hear my podcast with the Washington Post BookTalk on their website.
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"Nature is a haunted house--but Art--is a house that tries to be haunted."
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