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Young adult novels don't shy away from the discussion of weight issues, and 'Blubber,' the tale of an overweight, not-so-sympathetic fifth-grader bullied by her peers, is a refreshing take.

I'm pretty pro-food.

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In the past, I was sometimes put in this women's lit category, and I was never really sure that was the appropriate place for me - although I certainly recognize it can be helpful and correct for other people.

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In your 40s, you shed those who bring you down and surround yourself with the most positive people you know.

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I am not one of those people who string their exes along. Instead, I run and hide: under the covers, behind my computer screen, on opposite coasts of the country.

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I feel a bigger sense of fulfillment when writing a novel, and short stories are more about instant gratification.

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I have watched Occupy Wall Street mostly from the sidelines.

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No matter how much money I made from writing, I'd keep the bookstore job.

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Cooking skills aside, my mother is an exceptional nurturer.

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I know I have a problem with semi-colon abuse and have written page-long sentences. Nobody needs to be reading page-long sentences, at least not written by me.

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I find that short stories are almost like palate cleansers or brain cleansers.

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I have very distinct memories about growing up as part of what was then a very small Jewish community in Buffalo Grove, IL.

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I wrote a novel. It's called 'The Middlesteins.' It's fiction. It's not a memoir. I'm not a spokesperson.

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For years I drove cross-country, back and forth a dozen times, sometimes on book tour, sometimes just to get lost and found.

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Maybe I wouldn't hit three fast food restaurants in a day, but I could hit one in a day. I try not to do that.

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I actually didn't grow up in a household that loved Chinese food particularly, and it's not really my go-to food or anything... We were more a pizza family, being from the Chicago area and all.

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The best thing about the Web is the sound of all the individual voices rising.

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Do you often find yourself uttering the phrase, 'I feel like I should go?' You do not need to go. You are busy that night. You are busy every night, forever.

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My parents are still married. They don't weigh 350 pounds; they go to the gym all the time.

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Your family is unavoidable. You cannot escape them or trade them in for another family. You also can't change them... but you can change your response to them.

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Most of my writer friends are women, and they're all extremely talented, so of course I think the state of contemporary fiction for women is pretty great. Which is to say there is a ton of amazing work out there. These women are writing hard. There's much to be said. We're on it, chief.

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Social media can connect you with other people in so many wonderful ways - but it can also make you really sick of yourself.

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I don't think there's any topic a writer should feel afraid of tackling just because it has already been discussed. If you feel you have a fresh perspective and an understanding of a certain emotional truth, it's always worth writing.

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Maybe just as many women writers as male writers could be billed as the next great American writer by their publisher. Maybe book criticism sections could review an equal amount of female and male writers. Maybe Oprah could start putting some books by women authors in her book club, since most of her audience is women.

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In 'The Odyssey,' every feast is extremely ritualized; high-status individuals even get a better cut of meat.

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I'm not really interested in writing or reading about people who are nice and easy. I like the problem children.

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No offense to Bushwick, where all my neighbors greeted me on the street and there is a growing arts community and a curious beauty to its industrial zone, but Bushwick is no Williamsburg, even if the real estate agents would have you believe it is.

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I think it's nearly impossible to write something fictional without having it be about yourself in some way or another.

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In addition to public housing, South Williamsburg is home to shabby artists' lofts like mine, apartments of Hasidic Jews, and one extremely tall, high-priced condo.

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Some journal writers choose to password-protect their site, which is either an incredibly responsible act or a paranoid one.

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I know the bestseller 'Gone Girl' doesn't need an ounce of support from me, but that book was as sharp and witty as they come.

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Why e-mail a full emotional statement when, instead, you can text a totally insignificant and ambiguous half-considered phrase?

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Many online journals get the most hits of the day during the lunch hour.

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Does everything in this life begin and end with Judy Blume? Perhaps.

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There are generations of people who don't know how to eat properly.

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It should be said upfront that I totally dig people who work in bookstores and libraries. They love books, and I love books, and that is all I really need to know. If they are friendly to me, then we are clearly soul mates.

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Food and love are all intertwined at our core level. It can be a very nurturing, wonderful, loving thing.

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