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Karen Russell
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in Miami, The United States
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September 2011
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Swamplandia!
— published 2011 — 23 editions |
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St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
— published 2006 — 13 editions |
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Vampires in the Lemon Grove: Stories
— published 2013 — 10 editions |
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The Graveless Doll of Eric Mutis
— published 2013 |
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tin house volume 11 number 1
by Karen Russell (Goodreads Author), Abigal Thomas — published 2009 |
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The Best American Short Stories 2010
by Richard Russo , Heidi Pitlor , James Lasdun — published 2010 — 3 editions |
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The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2008: Twenty-First Annual Collection
by Ellen Datlow (Goodreads Author) , Gavin J. Grant , Kelly Link — published 2008 — 4 editions |
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The Best American Short Stories 2007
by Stephen King , Heidi Pitlor , Beverly Jensen — published 2007 — 5 editions |
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Conjunctions: 54, Shadow Selves
by Bradford Morrow , Jonathan Carroll, Karen Russell (Goodreads Author) — published 2010 |
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Vampires: The Recent Undead
by Paula Guran , Albert E. Cowdrey , J.A. Konrath (Goodreads Author) — published 2011 — 4 editions |
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"A young alligator wrestler tries to save her family's Everglades theme park in Swamplandia!, a fantastical debut novel from a writer of whimsical short stories." ...More
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“Heaven, Kiwi thought, would be the reading room of a great library. But it would be private. Cozy. You wouldn’t have to worry about some squeaky-shoed librarian turning the lights off on you or gauging your literacy by reading the names on your book spines, and there wouldn’t be a single other patron. The whole place would hum with a library’s peace, filtering softly over you like white bars of light…”
― Karen Russell, Swamplandia!
― Karen Russell, Swamplandia!
“Hopes were wallflowers. Hopes hugged the perimeter of a dance floor in your brain, tugging at their party lace, all perfume and hems and doomed expectation. They fanned their dance cards, these guests that pressed against the walls of your heart.”
― Karen Russell, Swamplandia!
― Karen Russell, Swamplandia!
“My older sister has entire kingdoms inside of her, and some of them are only accessible at certain seasons, in certain kinds of weather.”
― Karen Russell, St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
― Karen Russell, St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
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| SciFi and Fantasy...: What I'm Also Reading in January 2009 | 58 | 460 | Jan 31, 2009 12:54pm | |
| Beyond Reality: Forthcoming books for February 2011 | 15 | 55 | Feb 21, 2011 12:21pm | |
| The Seasonal Read...: Spring Challenge 2011 Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS) | 2898 | 796 | May 31, 2011 09:01pm | |
| Historical Fictio...: Mini-Challenge #3 - September 2011 - REPORT POINTS HERE | 267 | 148 | Oct 01, 2011 03:06pm | |
| Romance Readers R...: 2011 September Monthly Challenge: Participant's Thread | 486 | 272 | Oct 12, 2011 01:36am |
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