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Born	March 12, 1973 (age 53) • near San Francisco Bay • California
Notable Works	“Bluets” • “Jane: A Murder” • “Shiner” • “Something Bright, Then Holes” • “The Argonauts” • “The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning” • “The Latest Winter” • “The Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trial” • “The Slicks: On Sylvia Plath and Taylor Swift”

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