J. Courtney Sullivan

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Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction

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J. Courtney Sullivan is a Brooklyn-based writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, New York magazine, Elle, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Allure, In Style, Men’s Vogue, the New York Observer, Tango, and in the essay anthology The Secret Currency of Love (Morrow.) She contributes to the website someecards.com, and is co-editing an anthology about young women and feminism with Courtney E. Martin. She serves on the advisory board of Girls Write Now, is a graduate of Smith College, and works in the editorial department of the New York Times. Commencement is her first novel.

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Books by J. Courtney Sullivan

Average rating: 3.29 · 12,291 ratings · 2,501 reviews · 4 distinct works

	Maine 3.32 avg rating — 6,571 ratings — published 2011 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Commencement 3.25 avg rating — 5,498 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Dating Up: Dump the Schlump and Find a Quality Man 2.79 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Click: When We Knew We Were Feminists by Courtney E. Martin (Editor), J. Courtney Sullivan (Editor) 3.70 avg rating — 185 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by J. Courtney Sullivan

“Women leave their marriages when they can't take any more. Men leave when they find someone new.”
― J. Courtney Sullivan, Commencement

tags: gender-stereotypes , leave , marriage , men-and-women

16 people liked it

“We don't always do the things our parents want us to do, but it is their mistake if they can't find a way to love us anyway.”
― J. Courtney Sullivan, Commencement

tags: parents

14 people liked it

“These fucking women really piss me off,' April said. 'Because instead of being elated by the thought of making their own happiness and chasing some crazy dream, all they want to do is narrow their options and do something safe.”
― J. Courtney Sullivan, Commencement

tags: dreams , happiness , play-it-safe

8 people liked it

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