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The Drunken Dead Authors' Chick Lit Book Club, Pt. 1: Bridget Jones's Diary

January 02, 2013

When Black Balloon assigned me to revisit the genre of chick lit through the lens of modern authors, one of my editors said, “Tell her to drink a lot of wine.” Never one to ignore editorial direction, that’s what I did. Then I invited Dorothy Parker, Gertrude Stein, and e.e. cummings to help me out with my review.

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