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Debra Brenegan

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born

Milwaukee, WI, The United States

gender

female

website

http://www.debrabrenegan.com

twitter username

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genre

Historical Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Women & Gender Studies

influences

Some Writers I Love:

A. Manette Ansay
Edith Wharton
Tina May Hall
Jean Rhy...more

member since

June 2011

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Debra Brenegan grew up in the Milwaukee area and graduated with a B.A. in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She worked as a journalist and taught at Milwaukee Area Technical College before beginning her graduate work. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. in English/Creative Writing from The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she also taught. She teaches English and Women’s Studies at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. For her fiction, she has received a Ragdale residency and was a recent finalist for the John Gardner Memorial Fiction Prize, The Cincinnati Review’s Schiff Prose Prize, and the Crab Creek Review Fiction Prize. Her work has recently appeared or is forthcoming in Calyx, Tampa Review, Natural Bridge, The...more

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Debra Brenegan's Blog

Manic Pixie Dream Girl

Special thanks to my rock star students, Caroline Slavin and Kate Woodward, for giving me the heads up about this wonderful YouTube video, "Feminist Frequency: Conversations with Pop Culture." This particular video has garnered almost 100,000 hits and nicely explains the media's trope of the "Manic Pixie Dream Girl."

Take a peek at this fascinating explanation about the preponderance of women... read more »

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Books by Debra Brenegan

Average rating: 4.44 · 25 ratings · 19 reviews · 2 distinct works

	Shame the Devil 4.30 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Short Story America Anthology, Volume 1 by T.D. Johnston (editor), Kristin Fouquet (Goodreads Author), Anthony Otten 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011	My rating:

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Debra Brenegan wrote a new blog post: Manic Pixie Dream Girl Manic Pixie Dream Girl Special thanks to my rock star students, Caroline Slavin and Kate Woodward, for giving me the heads up about this wonderful YouTube video, "Feminis... read more »
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Debra Brenegan gave to: The Unnamed by Joshua Ferris	My rating:
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Debra Brenegan gave to: Straight Man by Richard Russo read in May, 2012	My rating:
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Debra Brenegan gave to: Bel Canto by Ann Patchett	My rating:
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Debra Brenegan gave to: Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris	My rating:
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Debra Brenegan gave to: Dreams of Joy by Lisa See (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
Feb 22, 2012 09:56am
Debra Brenegan gave to: The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka read in February, 2012	My rating:
Feb 22, 2012 09:55am
Debra Brenegan gave to: A Jury of Her Peers: American Women Writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx by Elaine Showalter	My rating:
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Debra Brenegan gave to: Maria: or, The Wrongs of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft read in January, 2012	My rating:
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Debra Brenegan gave to: Castle Rackrent by Maria Edgeworth	My rating:
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