Brent Runyon





Brent Runyon

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January 01, 1977 in The United States

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Brent Runyon was 14 years old when he set himself on fire. His first book, The Burn Journals, is a memoir of his suicide survival. He is a contributor to public radio's This American Life, and lives on Cape Cod, where he works as a newspaper reporter. His third book, Surface Tension: A Novel in Four Summers, written with longtime collaborator Christina Egloff, is in bookstores now.


Average rating: 3.73 · 2,789 ratings · 492 reviews · 3 distinct works
The Burn Journals
3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 2,361 ratings — published 2004 — 13 editions
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3.24 of 5 stars 3.24 avg rating — 290 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions
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Surface Tension: A Novel in...
3.19 of 5 stars 3.19 avg rating — 138 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions
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“So what does that make you think about God?
I think that maybe, if human beings have souls, that maybe their souls are in their eyes. That maybe that's what the color is. Their souls.”
Brent Runyon, The Burn Journals

“The only problem with seeing people you know is that they know you.”
Brent Runyon, The Burn Journals

“I was surprised that every single person I talked to had a story about how depression had affected their lives. Carmelita Gamboa, a teenager in Michigan, later wrote to me, "The sad thing is, after a while, it starts to feel like home". It does, doesn't it?”
Brent Runyon, The Burn Journals

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