Katherine Dunnauthor profile |
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| gender | female | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| place of birth | Kansas City, Kansas, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| genre | Literature & Fiction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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about this author
Katherine Dunn is best known for her beloved novel "Geek Love," which was a finalist for the National Book Award in 1989. She is also the author of the novels "Attic" (1970) and "Truck" (1971). A fourth novel, entitled "The Cut Man," has been in-progress for decades and is finally scheduled for a September 2008 release. Dunn is also known as a prolific sports journalist in the field of boxing, and has written several articles on the subject. |
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books by Katherine Dunncombine editionsavg rating: 4.04 | 6337 ratings | 9 distinct works
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quotes by Katherine Dunn
"When your mama was the geek, my dreamlets," Papa would say, "she made the nipping off of noggins such a crystal mystery that the hens themselves yearned toward her, waltzing around her, hypnotized with longing."
— Katherine Dunn (Geek Love: A Novel)
— Katherine Dunn (Geek Love: A Novel)
""The truth is always an insult or a joke, lies are generally tastier. We love them. The nature of lies is to please. Truth has no concern for anyones comfort" - Arturo Binewski."
— Katherine Dunn
— Katherine Dunn
"" How deep and sticky is the darkness of childhood how rigid the blades of infant evil which is unadulterated, unrestrained by the conveniant cushions of age and its civilizing anesthesia.""
— Katherine Dunn
— Katherine Dunn