Steve Almond





Steve Almond

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Steve Almond is the author of two story collections, My Life in Heavy Metal and The Evil B.B. Chow, the non-fiction book Candyfreak, and the novel Which Brings Me to You, co-written with Julianna Baggott. He lives outside Boston with his wife and baby daughter Josephine.


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Average rating: 3.70 · 5,457 ratings · 1,104 reviews · 28 distinct works
Candyfreak: A Journey through...
3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 2,419 ratings — published 2004 — 14 editions
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My Life in Heavy Metal: Storie...
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 664 ratings — published 1900 — 5 editions
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Which Brings Me to You
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3.48 of 5 stars 3.48 avg rating — 616 ratings — published 2005 — 9 editions
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(Not That You Asked): Rants, E...
3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 572 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions
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Rock and Roll Will Save Your L...
3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 364 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions
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The Evil B.B. Chow and Other S...
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God Bless America: Stories
3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2011
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Letters From People Who Hate M...
4.35 of 5 stars 4.35 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2010
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4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2008
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“The answer is that we don't choose our freaks, they choose us.”
Steve Almond, Candyfreak: A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America

“Every now and then, I'll run into someone who claims not to like chocolate, and while we live in a country where everyone has the right to eat what they want, I want to say for the record that I don't trust these people, that I think something is wrong with them, and that they're probably - and this must be said - total duds in bed.”
Steve Almond, Candyfreak: A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America

“Art arises from loss. I wish this weren't the case. I wish that every time I met a new woman and she rocked my world, I was inspired to write my ass off. But that is not what happens. What happens is we lie around in bed eating chocolate and screwing. Art is what happens when things don't work out, when you're licking your wounds. Art is, to a larger extent than people would like to think, a productive licking of the wounds.”
Steve Almond, Candyfreak: A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America

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