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Susi Wyss's fiction is influenced by her twenty-year career managing women's health programs in Africa, where she lived for more than eight years. Her work has appeared in numerous literary magazines and has been recognized by awards from the Maryland State Arts Council and the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, among others. She holds a B.A. from Vassar, an M.P.H. from Boston University, and an M.A. in fiction writing from Johns Hopkins University. She lives in the Washington, D.C., area.

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Recommendation for May

Instead of recommending a book, CD, or film this month, I’m making a plug for an annual event near Washington, DC: the Gaithersburg Book Festival. If you live in the area and have already attended this event, you know it brings together outstanding local and national authors of fiction and nonfiction for all ages. If you haven’t gone before, then this weekend is your opportunity to check it out...

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Average rating: 3.96 · 84 ratings · 33 reviews · 1 distinct work

The Civilized World: A Novel in Stories

3.96 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions

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Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith

by Anne Lamott

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Susi gave to: Ejo: Poems, Rwanda, 1991�1994 by Derick Burleson read in May, 2011	My rating:
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Susi gave to: Let the Great World Spin: A Novel by Colum McCann (Goodreads Author) read in July, 2011	My rating:
I'd call this book a novel-in-stories, which is a format I love. Though the writing is original and fresh ("her smile could've broken glass") at times it felt too wordy (going on and on for the sake of playing with language rather than for the sake o...more
May 23, 2011 01:38pm · see review
Susi gave to: The Alchemist's Kitchen by Susan Rich (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
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Susi gave to: Drinking Closer to Home (P.S.) by Jessica Anya Blau read in February, 2011	My rating:
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Susi gave to: Just Kids by Patti Smith	My rating:
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Susi gave to: The Best American Short Stories 2010 by Richard Russo	My rating:
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