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Alexandra Styron

Alexandra Styron
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Alexandra Styron

ALEXANDRA STYRON is the author of the novel All the Finest Girls and a graduate of Barnard College and the MFA program at Columbia University. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Vanity Fair, Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal, among other publications, and she has taught memoir writing in the MFA program at Hunter College. She lives with her husband and two children in Brooklyn, NY.

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Reading My Father will be released on March 06, 2012 in Trade Paperback
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Canberra Times, May 3, 2013
...BC'' and recalls how her father became, guess what, a priapic, devouring egomaniac; and Reading My Father by Alexandra Styron, daughter of William, the author of Sophie's Choice. Critics raved about how unflinchingly it dealt with her easily enraged,...
The Independent, April 17, 2013
..."BC" and recalls how her father became, guess what, a priapic, devouring egomaniac; and Reading My Father by Alexandra Styron, daughter of William, the author of Sophie's Choice. Critics raved about how unflinchingly it dealt with her easily enraged,...
East Hampton Star, February 7, 2013
...a screenwriter, and Annette Handley Chandler, the director of the screenwriting conference on campus. Readings by the authors Alexandra Styron, Benjamin Anastas, and Alice Mattison take place in the succeeding weeks. On April 10, Maryrose Wood, who...
South Carolina Enquirer-Herald, January 11, 2013
...former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins, National Book Award winner Mark Doty, Irish novelist Cólm Toibín and Alexandra Styron, whose "Reading My Father" chronicles author William Styron's life. Slated discussion topics range from "How Far Can the...
Boston Globe, October 29, 2012
...turned out to hear from literary types like Dennis Lehane, Buzz Bissinger, Jennifer Haigh, Nick Flynn, Lizz Winstead, Alexandra Styron, Alexander McCall Smith, Claire Messud, Tom Perrotta, and MacArthur fellow Junot Diaz. But we did hear a little...
North Adams Transcript, October 11, 2012
..."The Godfather Effect," is a brilliant examination of our 40-year obsession with the classic film trilogy. * Alexandra Styron is the author of "Reading My Father" and a novel, "All the Finest Girls." She is the daughter of William and Rose Styron. Her...
Battleboro Reformer, October 4, 2012
..."The Godfather Effect," is a brilliant examination of our 40-year obsession with the classic film trilogy. * Alexandra Styron is the author of "Reading My Father" and a novel, "All the Finest Girls." She is the daughter of William and Rose Styron. Her...
Melbourne Age, May 3, 2013
...BC'' and recalls how her father became, guess what, a priapic, devouring egomaniac; and Reading My Father by Alexandra Styron, daughter of William, the author of Sophie's Choice. Critics raved about how unflinchingly it dealt with her easily enraged,...
Sydney Morning Herald, May 3, 2013
...BC'' and recalls how her father became, guess what, a priapic, devouring egomaniac; and Reading My Father by Alexandra Styron, daughter of William, the author of Sophie's Choice. Critics raved about how unflinchingly it dealt with her easily enraged,...
Brisbane Times, May 3, 2013
...BC'' and recalls how her father became, guess what, a priapic, devouring egomaniac; and Reading My Father by Alexandra Styron, daughter of William, the author of Sophie's Choice. Critics raved about how unflinchingly it dealt with her easily enraged,...
Canberra Times, May 3, 2013
...BC'' and recalls how her father became, guess what, a priapic, devouring egomaniac; and Reading My Father by Alexandra Styron, daughter of William, the author of Sophie's Choice. Critics raved about how unflinchingly it dealt with her easily enraged,...
UK Nigeria Online, April 18, 2013
..."BC" and recalls how her father became, guess what, a priapic, devouring egomaniac; and Reading My Father by Alexandra Styron, daughter of William, the author of Sophie's Choice. Critics raved about how unflinchingly it dealt with her easily enraged,...
The Independent, April 18, 2013
..."BC" and recalls how her father became, guess what, a priapic, devouring egomaniac; and Reading My Father by Alexandra Styron, daughter of William, the author of Sophie's Choice. Critics raved about how unflinchingly it dealt with her easily enraged,...
UK Nigeria Online, April 17, 2013
..."BC" and recalls how her father became, guess what, a priapic, devouring egomaniac; and Reading My Father by Alexandra Styron, daughter of William, the author of Sophie's Choice. Critics raved about how unflinchingly it dealt with her easily enraged,...