Half Girl [Paperback]

Stephanie Dickinson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2009

In her debut novel, the aptly-named Stephanie Emily Dickinson (who also reminds me of a female Tennessee Williams) gives us Angelique, a sort of hitch-hiking Lolita, and somehow makes her heart break in the reader'ss chest. Half Girl is 100% thrilling, harrowing, beautiful, and unforgettable. Jennifer Belle, author of Going Down and High Maintenance

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About the Author

Stephanie Dickinson was raised in rural Iowa and has passed time in Wyoming, Oregon, Minnesota, Texas, and Louisiana. She now lives in New York City. Along with Rob Cook, she publishes and edits the new literary journal Skidrow Penthouse. Her novel, HALF GIRL, won the Hackney Award (Birmingham-Southern) for best unpublished novel.

Product Details

• Paperback: 308 pages
• Publisher: Spuyten Duyvil (January 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1933132183
• ISBN-13: 978-1933132181
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,924,497 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Stephanie Dickinson, raised on an Iowa farm, has lived in Oregon, Texas, Louisiana and now New York City, a state unto itself. Her novel Half Girl (winner of the Hackney Award given by Birmingham-Southern) is published by Spuyten Duyvil. Corn Goddess (poems) and Road of Five Churches (stories) are available from Rain Mountain Press. A new novella Lust Series is just out from Spuyten Duyvil. Her stories have been reprinted in Best American Nonrequired Reading and New Stories from the South, Best of 2008 and 2009. "Between the Cold Hearts and Blue Dudes" was winner of New Delta Review's 2011 Matt Clark Fiction prize judged by Susan Straight. Her work has appeared in many journals including Glimmer Train, Gulf Coast, Westerly, Ontario Review and most recently Blue Lotus Review, Magnolia, Quiddity and The Bitter Oleander. She is an associate editor at Mudfish and along with Rob Cook she edits Skidrow Penthouse. She works days in midtown Manhattan and spends nights in the East Village, where she shares a five-flight walkup with the Skidrow Penthouse staff. Although once a farm girl she's a member of Farm Sanctuary, the ASPCA, and American Fandouk, a veterinary clinic that serves the working animals of Morocco and their human families.

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Half Girl, November 9, 2008

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Diana Dye (Central City, IA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Half Girl (Paperback)

Being from Iowa it was great reading Steph describe her experiences and remember another time. What a talented and gifted writer she is. Much of her writing is based on true experience and it makes me appreciate what she has gone through and survived to tell the story. I am anxious to read more of her stories.

5.0 out of 5 stars Best writer in America!, September 17, 2008

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Chris Belden (Connecticut) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Half Girl (Paperback)

Stephanie Dickinson has had a long, celebrated career as a poet & short story writer, so it is a joy to finally see her debut novel out in the world. She has won numerous awards & appeared in countless anthologies & literary journals but remains criminally unrecognized as one of this country's greatest writers. HALF GIRL would remedy that, if only the shuttered literary world of critics would read it. Simultaneously tragic & hilarious, dark & bright, poetic & crystal clear, this novel has it all.

5.0 out of 5 stars A must for anyone seeking moving fiction., September 6, 2008

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Half Girl (Paperback)

Leaving home is never something that goes easy. "Half Girl" follows Angelique as she is left sprung from her childhood home. Her journey is one that leaves her hitchhiking far distances, and must deal with the many twists and turns that come with living this life style as a girl in her late teens. Taking readers on an emotional roller coaster with her, "Half Girl" is a must for anyone seeking moving fiction.