Roxana Robinson

(1946) Novelist

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Roxana Robinson is a novelist.

Quick Facts About Roxana Robinson

Born: November 30, 1946
Profession: Novelist

About Roxana Robinson

[Wikidata] American writer... | [Wikipedia] Roxana Robinson is an American novelist and biographer whose fiction explores the complexity of familial bonds and fault lines. She is best known for her 2008 novel, Cost, which was named one of the Five Best Novels of the Year by The Washington Post. She is also the author of Georgia O'Keeffe: A Li

Quotes by Roxana Robinson

“Rage was an essential part of slavery. Rage will allow us to forget our own humanity. Without rage, we will recognize another…

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Anger

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“She's my retirement gift, the platinum watch for being a mother." " This fortunate position - the one you couldn't apply for…

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Children

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“Aunt Hattie, when you wrote that book, I imagine you were thinking of something radical: the abolition of slavery itself. You were…

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Abolition of slavery

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“It was like hearing customs from an undiscoverd race: what men thought was unimaginable....She wondered if all human activity were like this,…

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“A writer is like a tuning fork: We respond when we’re struck by something. The thing is to pay attention, to be…

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Compassion

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“The crimes you paid for as a parent: excruciating, to be blamed for something you'd never dreamt of doing, or huring someone…

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Crime

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“He couldn't fit the two things together. It gave him a jagged, unfinished feeling, like the first pinprick of heartbreak, a tiny…

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“Grief was an actual weight, he thought. It felt like a physical burden. You carried it with you all day, unsheddable. Your…

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Grief

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