Haven Kimmel
Auteur van A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana
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Haven Kimmel studied English & creative writing at Ball State University & North Carolina State University & attended seminary at the Earlham School of Religion. She lives in Durham, North Carolina. (Bowker Author Biography)
Fotografie: photo: Greg Plachta
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Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- Kimmel, Haven
- Geboortedatum
- 1965
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- New Castle, Indiana, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- New Castle, Indiana, USA (birth)
Mooreland, Indiana, USA
Durham, North Carolina, USA - Opleiding
- Ball State University (BA, English and creative writing)
North Carolina State University (MA, English)
Earlham School of Religion (seminary)
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- #4,950
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- 3.9
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This story made me laugh. Hard. I bought the tape for my sister and book copy for a friend. If the way life in this story is depicted isn't funny to some, maybe that's the point. Personally I keep it handy for the humorless landscape of winter and drudgery of office life in the big city. It's help enough to know that somewhere, out there in the Midwest perhaps, people are just getting by, too. Without all our veneer. Not because life is perfect, but what isn't perfect about life forces the characters in this story to consider what aspects of civility really matter. On a daily and hilarious basis. Let's recall, life begins in a rather undignified, messy manner, and it doesn't move far from that perch no matter the gloss we try to apply. The only gloss in this story is a healthy application of perspective and the steady relief of humor. And with her technique, Kimmel's story shines.… (meer)