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Monica Drake

Apr

12

2013

Monica Drake takes on Portland, Procreation, and Parenting

Monica Drake’s second novel, The Stud Book, is like “Friends” for the punk rock crowd, a stripped down, no-holds-barred story of 30-somethings in the various places that 30-somethings find themselves—with kids and terrified, desperately trying to have kids, or desperately against having kids. Her first book, Clown Girl, was optioned by Kristen Wiig. Monica lives …

May

24

2012

Get Your Pitchfork On!: The Real Dirt on Country Living by Kristy Athens

“If there’s any hope for me of ever managing my ‘little piece of paradise in the sticks,’ or even just making the most of my city lot, it’s in the pages of this book. Kristy Athens offers a conversational and frank approach to what it takes to hoe that Eden. I won’t plant another carrot …

Mar

23

2011

A Not-so-Dark Conversation with Thriller Author Chelsea Cain

Anyone who has read Chelsea Cain’s gory and intense thrillers about serial killer Gretchen Lowell could easily conclude that the author is a sordid woman who has an air of darkness. Anyone who has actually talked with her knows differently. Cain is lively, quick to smile, prone to self-deprecation and at the ready for a …

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