Poppy Z. Brite

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Poppy Z. Brite

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May 25, 1967 in New Orleans, Louisiana, The United States

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Poppy Z. Brite (born Melissa Ann Brite) is an American author born in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Born a biological female, Brite has written and talked much about her gender dysphoria/gender identity issues. She self-identifies almost completely as male rather than female, and as of 2011 has started taking testosterone injections.

She lived in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and Athens, Georgia prior to returning to New Orleans in 1993. She loves UNC basketball and is a sometime season ticket holder for the NBA, but she saves her greatest affection for her hometown football team, the New Orleans Saints.

Brite and husband Chris DeBarr, a chef, run a de facto cat rescue and have, at any given time, between fifteen and twenty cats. Photos of the various...more


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OK. This is hard, but I do it for love.

Grey has started a I've tried my best to avoid the obvious, but I no longer can: I really ought to write one of these pieces. I hereby pledge that if he reaches his goal, I will try my utmost to do so. I haven't written any fiction in six years and I don't know if it will be any good, but I'll try. read more »
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Average rating: 3.82 · 27,020 ratings · 1,519 reviews · 70 distinct works
Lost Souls
3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 5,590 ratings — published 1992 — 18 editions
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Drawing Blood
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 3,270 ratings — published 1993 — 9 editions
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Exquisite Corpse
3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 3,075 ratings — published 1996 — 19 editions
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Wormwood: A Collection of S...
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 1,903 ratings — published 1993 — 9 editions
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Liquor
3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 1,109 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions
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Love in Vein
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3.47 of 5 stars 3.47 avg rating — 1,090 ratings — published 1994 — 7 editions
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Prime
3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 687 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions
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Are You Loathsome Tonight?:...
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3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 630 ratings — published 1998 — 6 editions
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The Crow: The Lazarus Heart
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Courtney Love: The Real Story
3.45 of 5 stars 3.45 avg rating — 724 ratings — published 1997 — 8 editions
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“The night is the hardest time to be alive and 4am knows all my secrets.”
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“Some nights are made for torture, or reflection, or the savoring of loneliness.”
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“You hold onto what you have; you do not give it up easily, even when you know it is poisoning you.”
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