Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life

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by Dani Shapiro (Goodreads Author)

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Who is the writer referenced in the "Patience" section? Details: former student of Shapiro's, signed a two-book deal in her graduate creative writing program based on the strength of her in-progress first novel, deal was big enough to get written up in New York Magazine, first novel came out to uneven reviews, writer went on to teach but never published a second novel, died at 40 in an East Village bodega.

Allison Williams Ellen Miller, and the book is Like Being Killed.

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