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About Jami Attenberg
American fiction writer and essayist
Jami Attenberg is an American fiction writer and essayist. She is known for a short story collection, seven novels, and a memoir. Born in the United States, she writes in a contemporary literary mode and has built a career around fiction and personal prose. Her work includes the best-selling novel The Middlesteins, published in 2012, and the memoir I Came All This Way to Meet You, published in 2022. Across her books, she is associated with fiction and essay writing, moving between invented stories and firsthand reflection.
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- “Flames from the lips may be produced by holding in the mouth a sponge saturated with the purest gasoline.”Harry Houdini
- “American prejudices about Europe rarely surface in headlines, but they are real, pervasive, and ingrained.”Linda Colley
- “Even when I played in club matches, I would take it to heart that I had got out early.”Babar Azam
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Books by Jami Attenberg
Saint Mazie
2015
The Middlesteins
2013
All Grown Up
2017
The kept man
2007
The melting season
2010