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Gina Frangello

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Chicago

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http://www.ginafrangello.com

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Literature & Fiction

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January 2008

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Gina Frangello is the author of the collection Slut Lullabies (Emergency Press 2010) and the novel My Sister's Continent (Chiasmus 2006), which was selected as one of the top 10 books of that year by Las Vegas City Life and was a "Read This!" finalist for Spring 2006. For more than a decade, Gina edited the award-winning fiction literary magazine Other Voices, and in 2004 co-launched its book imprint, Other Voices Books. She is currently the Executive Editor of Other Voices Books' Chicago office. Gina is also the Fiction Editor of The Nervous Breakdown (www.thenervousbreakdown.com) and her short fiction has appeared in numerous publications, recently including StoryQuarterly, Clackamas Literary Review, A Stranger Among Us: Stories of Cross...more

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Books by Gina Frangello

Average rating: 3.92 · 154 ratings · 43 reviews · 6 distinct works

	Slut Lullabies 3.96 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	My rating:
	My Sister's Continent 3.85 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	Falling Backwards: Stories of Fathers and Daughters by Gina Frangello (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Elissa Schappell (Goodreads Author) (Foreword by) 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2004	My rating:
	Other Voices (47: All Chicago Edition) 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Other Voices 39 (Fall/Winter 2003) 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2003	My rating:
	Men Undressed: Women Writers and the Male Sexual Experience by Stacy Bierlein (Goodreads Author), Gina Frangello (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Cris Mazza (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2011	My rating:

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Live Nude Girl: My Life as an Object

by Kathleen Rooney (Goodreads Author)

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Gina said: "Loved hearing Rooney read aloud from this and looking forward to the rest! "

Jun 10, 2009 08:04pm · see review

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The KGB Bar Reader

by Ken Foster (Goodreads Author)

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American Youth

by Phil Lamarche

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Gina is now friends with Cheryl Strayed
Nov 05, 2011 02:39pm
Gina made a comment in the group The Nervous Breakdown — Favorite bookstores? topic "Sticking with the U.S., Women & Children First in Chicago and The Book Cellar, also in Chicago, are two of the finest indie stores in the country-...more "
Jun 21, 2010 06:24am
Gina joined the The Nervous Breakdown and The New Short Fiction Series groups.
May 25, 2010 07:44pm · see group
Gina said "yes" to attending the event: OV Books host The New Short Fiction Series date: June 28, 2009 07:00PM location: LIME Studios, 1528 20th Street, Santa Monica, CA, The United States description: Celebrating the fiction of Billy Lombardo (How to Hold a Woman)and Gina Frangello. Reservations required to OVbooks@aol.com
Jun 16, 2009 03:03pm
Gina made a comment on her review of Middlesex "Whew, relief! "
Jun 11, 2009 01:16pm · see review
Gina gave to: Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
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Gina gave to: How to Hold a Woman by Billy Lombardo	My rating:
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Gina gave to: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides	My rating:
I know I'm a jerk for not loving this book, but wow, I thought it was overrated. It took me, no kidding, two years to finish it--I kept getting bored and putting it down and then feeling guilty and starting again. In fairness there were parts I enjoy...more
Jun 10, 2009 08:11pm · see review
Gina gave to: Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky	My rating:
My book club selected it. I didn't expect to love it because of the way it was being touted as So Important, and such books often disappoint, especially when they're the type that simultaneously gain a lot of general popularity as this has. But the w...more
Jun 10, 2009 08:06pm · see review