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Published Reviews

Nov.03.1991
Published by The New York Times
[T]his powerful and poignant book doesn't lean against [King] Lear for support. Jane Smiley takes the truths therein and lights them up her way, making the perils of family and...
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Past Events

Litquake Presents Jane Smiley In Conversation with Karen Joy Fowler
Start: 09 Oct 2011 - 7:00 pm
End: 09 Oct 2011 - 9:00 pm
San Francisco, California
Literary Death Match
Start: 11 Jun 2010 - 6:30 pm
End: 11 Jun 2010 - 10:00 pm
San Francisco, California
Mouthy Dames
Start: 16 Oct 2009 - 6:00 pm
End: 16 Oct 2009 - 8:00 pm
San Francisco, California
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About Jane

Jane Smiley was born in Los Angeles, California, moved to the suburbs of St. Louis, Missouri as an infant, and lived there through grammar school and high school (The John Burroughs School). After getting her Bachelor of Art at Vassar College in 1971, she...
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