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Barbara Browning
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In the midst of Occupy, Barbara Andersen begins spamming people indiscriminately with ukulele covers of sentimental songs. A series of inappropriate intimacies ensues, including an erotically charged correspondence and then collaboration with an extraordinarily gifted and troubled musician living in Germany.
Barbara Browning teaches in the Department of Performance Studies at the Tisch School of the Arts, NYU. She received her PhD in Comparative Literature from Yale University. She is the author of the novels The Correspondence Artist (winner of a Lambda Literary Award) and I'm Trying to Reach You (short-listed for The Believer Book Award). She also makes dances, poems, and ukulele cover tunes.
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More of this! Seriously! What a unique book. I feel like I'm now a better person.Two Thumbs Up!
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Love this book. Very modern, and cerebral but also entertaining. 5 stars! Two Thumbs up!GREAT ONE!
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One of the most interesting things I've read/listened to in a long time. Great story. Very necessary.Incredible
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barbara browning is not just a writer, she's an artist, but this book is really good. strange and good.Love This Book!
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Pretty Great
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Loved this. The author really opened my head about a great many concepts. Fun and thoughtful.The Gift IS A Gift
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wonderful
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Barbara Browning did a wonderful job narrating this book. I'd love to read/listen to more by her!Odd and beautiful.
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WOW
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Hooray for this novel!
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