Jami Attenberg
Jami Attenberg
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I have very distinct memories about growing up as part of what was then a very small Jewish community in Buffalo Grove, IL.
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No offense to Bushwick, where all my neighbors greeted me on the street and there is a growing arts community and a curious beauty to its industrial zone, but Bushwick is no Williamsburg, even if the real estate agents would have you believe it is.
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When I was growing up in Chicago, my family and I used to go to a local chain, Hackney's, for burgers and their French fried onion loaf. I probably haven't been to one in 25 years, and yet, I once saw Donald Trump from behind in an office building and the first thing that flashed in my mind was his hair looked like that onion loaf.
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I actually didn't grow up in a household that loved Chinese food particularly, and it's not really my go-to food or anything... We were more a pizza family, being from the Chicago area and all.
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I know the bestseller 'Gone Girl' doesn't need an ounce of support from me, but that book was as sharp and witty as they come.
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The best thing about the Web is the sound of all the individual voices rising.
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I'm not really interested in writing or reading about people who are nice and easy. I like the problem children.
I kind of want to be seen as an American writer, not just a New York writer.
I'm from the Midwest. We like to know who our neighbors are.
money
No matter how much money I made from writing, I'd keep the bookstore job.
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Social media can connect you with other people in so many wonderful ways - but it can also make you really sick of yourself.
The interesting thing about overeating or being obese is there's this physical manifestation of it.
Cooking skills aside, my mother is an exceptional nurturer.
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There's something to be said for an author who clearly respects a reader.