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Deb Olin Unferth

(1969) Novelist

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Deb Olin Unferth is a novelist.

Quick Facts About Deb Olin Unferth

Born: January 1, 1969
Profession: Novelist

About Deb Olin Unferth

[Wikidata] American short story writer, novelist, and memoirist (1968-)... | [Wikipedia] Deb Olin Unferth is an American author. She has published two novels, two books of short stories, a memoir, and a graphic novel. Her fiction and essays have appeared in over fifty magazines and journals, including Harper's, The New York Times, The Paris Review The Believer, McSweeney's, Granta The G

Quotes by Deb Olin Unferth

Humans, we just hop out of things, off things. We splatter ourselves in inappropriate places. Because we have nothing to live for.…

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Believe

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I decided I like that mode. It's how I think - it's my voice. I like being funny and sad at the…

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Natural

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“If you think about it, everyone is behind someone and in front of someone. The nature of the sphere, right? No one…

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Leadership

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It takes bravery to care for someone — no matter who he is or what made him, whether he is weak or…

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Bravery

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You know how it is to want something. Desire builds like a little house in your head and it sits there, half-constructed…

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Art

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I want to be funny. When I first started writing, I didn't find my stories funny, but people kept saying they were.…

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Kind

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“People are fakers--that's all we do. Can you think of anything you do that's not done for the precise reason of pretending…

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“The utterly empty bottle of his soul.”

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Spirituality

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Howard's enchanting Hospice obeys its own magical inner logic with excellent prose and a sadness that will split open hearts. You have…

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Enchanting

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“His rage was a saw, going back and forth, cutting through arteries, hers.”

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Anger

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