Christian Bauman
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June 15, 1970
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Easton, Pennsylvania, The United States
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Christian Bauman is the author of the novels The Ice Beneath You (Simon & Schuster, 2002), Voodoo Lounge (Simon & Schuster, 2005), and In Hoboken (Melville House, 2008). His short essays have appeared from time to time on NPR's All Things Considered since 2003. He lives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, with his wife and daughters and dogs.
Bauman radio essays on NPR:
http://www.npr.org/search.php?text=chris...
2003 interview with Terry Gross (NPR's Fresh Air):
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story...
2003 feature in New York Times written by Chris Hedges:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.ht...
2008 interview with Vin Scelsa (Idiot's Delight, WFUV):
http://users.pupress.princeton.edu/~neil......more
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The Ice Beneath You: A Novel by Christian Bauman (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.63 — 27 ratings — published 2002 |
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In Hoboken by Christian Bauman (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.56 — 18 ratings — published 2008 |
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Voodoo Lounge: A Novel by Christian Bauman (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.00 — 5 ratings — published 2005 |
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Armed Madhouse: From Baghdad to New Orleans--Sordid Secrets and Strange Tales of a White House Gone Wild (Paperback) by Greg Palast |
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A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World (Hardcover) by Tony Horwitz |
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War Is...: Soldiers, Survivors, and Storytellers Talk About War (Hardcover) by Patty Campbell |
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"Writing is the only art form where a good number of the artists make a slice of their living criticizing one another in print, in public. "
— Christian Bauman
— Christian Bauman
"Literature simply becomes richer after you've been fired, rejected, stranded, or had to change a few midnight diapers."
— Christian Bauman
— Christian Bauman
"Reading was a joy, a desperately needed escape -- I didn't read to learn, I was reading to read."
— Christian Bauman
— Christian Bauman
"Life is intrinsically, well, boring and dangerous at the same time. At any given moment the floor may open up. Of course, it almost never does; that's what makes it so boring. "
— Edward Gorey
— Edward Gorey
"When people are finding meaning in things -- beware."
— Edward Gorey (Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey)
— Edward Gorey (Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey)
"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut."
— Ernest Hemingway
— Ernest Hemingway
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"There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed."
— Ernest Hemingway
— Ernest Hemingway
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect."
— Mark Twain
— Mark Twain
