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DINAH LENNEY

Dinah Lenney is the author of The Object Parade (2014), and Bigger than Life: A Murder, a Memoir (2007), and co-editor of Brief Encounters: A Collection of Contemporary Nonfiction (co-editor, 2015). She serves as core faculty in the Bennington Writing Seminars, and as an editor-at-large for LARB. Bloomsbury will publish her new book, Coffee, in April 2020.
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ARTICLES

WriteGirl Has My Heart: A Conversation with Keren Taylor

WriteGirl Has My Heart: A Conversation with Keren Taylor

Dinah Lenney talks to Keren Taylor, the founder and executive director of WriteGirl.

I Could Not Even Trust My Own Mind: Dinah Lenney Interviews JoeAnn Hart

I Could Not Even Trust My Own Mind: Dinah Lenney Interviews JoeAnn Hart

Dinah Lenney speaks to JoeAnn Hart, author of “Stamford ’76: A True Story of Murder, Corruption, Race, and Feminism in the 1970s.”

The Problem of the Now: A Conversation with Sally Ashton

The Problem of the Now: A Conversation with Sally Ashton

Dinah Lenney talks to Sally Ashton about her new book, "The Behaviour of Clocks."

“The Natural Next Step”: Dinah Lenney Interviews Wendy Willis

“The Natural Next Step”: Dinah Lenney Interviews Wendy Willis

Dinah Lenney talks to writer Wendy Willis about her just-published collection of wide-ranging essays, "These Are Strange Times, My Dear."

Once Upon a Time in Los Angeles: Kathryn Harrison’s “On Sunset”

Once Upon a Time in Los Angeles: Kathryn Harrison’s “On Sunset”

Dinah Lenney journeys through “On Sunset,” a new memoir by Kathryn Harrison.

A Cry in the Dark: Dinah Lenney Interviews David L. Ulin

A Cry in the Dark: Dinah Lenney Interviews David L. Ulin

Dinah Lenney talks to David L. Ulin about reading today, literary anonymity, and his recently reissued book, "The Lost Art of Reading."

A Longer Reach: Thanksgiving 2016

A Longer Reach: Thanksgiving 2016

A dream must always be bigger than the person or the people.”          —The New York Times, November 28, 1968 In the

Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall

Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall

Restless Books asks three writers to look in the mirror and say what they see.

Here Comes Everything!

Here Comes Everything!

Dinah Lenney and Arne De Boever ask the editors of Object Lessons about its conception and ongoing life.

Into the Wild

Into the Wild

"H Is for Hawk" deals with falconry, human interactions with "the wild," personal loss, and grief.

Radio Hour: Female Comedy Writers and Vicious Disequilibrium

Radio Hour: Female Comedy Writers and Vicious Disequilibrium

Mark Haskell Smith talks about his research into nudism for his new book "Naked at Lunch." Also Betsy Borns, Dinah Lenney, and the crisis in Greece.

Writing Is Key

Writing Is Key

Dinah Lenney interviews memoirist Abigail Thomas.

Stretching Out

Stretching Out

"My ideal audience would be every literate person on earth, minus anyone I’m related to or grew up with."

A New Collection of California Prose

A New Collection of California Prose

"Trying to capture California in one book is like attempting to catch a hurricane in a shot glass."

Cell Phone Diaries

Cell Phone Diaries

What Emily Post can't tell us: cell phones in the bathroom stall and other conundrums.

Why Genre Matters

Why Genre Matters

The old question of genre just won't go away: Sven Birkerts, Judith Kitchen, Scott Nadelson, David Biespiel, and Dinah Lenney mix it up some more.

What Happens When You Wait

What Happens When You Wait

Image: Vincent Van Gogh, Weeping Woman, 1883 HOW TO DO IT. How to write about the things we see, hear, read,

The Ghost of Books: Past, Present, and Future

The Ghost of Books: Past, Present, and Future

The Ghost of Books: Past, Future, and Present" is an experiment not in terror and not necessarily Dickensian. We've asked

Be Thou the Voice

Be Thou the Voice

Photograph: Face to Face © Kimia Rahgozar  Agora Gallery THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CLASSICAL MUSIC AND JAZZ, said the well-known conductor, is that

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