Karen
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I have to tell the stories I have to tell, not the stories someone else thinks I should tell. -Poppy Z. Brite
Female
39 years old
BROOKLYN, New York
United States
Last Login: 2/23/2009
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Karen's Interests
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| General | boys in leather, bull riding, castles, Choctaw Nation, corsets, filmmaking, freedom, good coffee, good wine, helicopters, motorcycles, mystery, noir, paranormal, pop culture, redemption, rodeos, scars, screenwriting, strength, tattoos, weakness, werewolves, wineglasses, writing
| | Music | Louis Armstrong, Belle and Sebastian, Solomon Burke, Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen, John Coltrane, Sheryl Crow, Cesaria Evora, Roberta Flack, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, John Legend, Mazzy Star, Loreena McKennitt, Natalie Merchant, Wim Mertens, Missy Elliott, Thelonious Monk, Sinead O'Conner, Beth Orton, Janis Joplin, Lhasa, Nina Simone, The Smiths, Suzanne Vega, Cassandra Wilson, U2 | | Movies | A History of Violence, Apocalypse Now, A Walk on the Moon, Batman Begins, The Best Man, Betty Blue, Broadcast News, The Celebration, Clueless, Crimson Tide, Dirty Dancing, Flirting with Disaster, Go, Gosford Park, Hotel Rwanda, Hud, Husbands and Wives, The Hustler, Impromptu, The In-Laws (1979), Kill Bill, The Kingdom, La Femme Nikita, The Landlord, Love Jones, Mama There's a Man in Your Bed, Mansfield Park (1999), Mississippi Masala, North by Northwest, The Outsiders, Paris Blues, Pulp Fiction, Quick Change, Rear Window, Repulsion, Scream, Secrets and Lies, Something New, Sometimes in April, Strictly Ballroom, The Taste of Others, Thelma and Louise, To Sir with Love, Three Days of the Condor, Truly Madly Deeply, Trust, Walk on Water, The Way We Were, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Working Girl, You Can Count on Me | | Television | Angel, The Amazing Race, Barefoot Contessa, Barney Miller, Bernie Mac, Big Love, Bill Moyers Journal, Brothers and Sisters, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Closer, The Daily Show, Entourage, Everybody Hates Chris, Frasier, Girlfriends, The Golden Girls, The Job, Life, Little House on the Prairie, My So-Called Life, Oprah, Reno 911, Scrubs, Sex and the City, Soap, Washington Week in Review | | Heroes |
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Missing Kids
National Ovarian Cancer Coalition
Nelson Mandela Foundation
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Karen's Details
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| Status: | Married | | Hometown: | Brooklyn, NY | | Ethnicity: | Black / African descent | | Zodiac Sign: | Pisces | | Occupation: | Writer |
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The Chicago Defender Interview.
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The Nubian Chronicles Interview.
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Interview at SORMAG.
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Review & Interview at Urban Reviews.
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Recovery.
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Karen's Blurbs |
About me:
I was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. I have a BA in Film Production from CUNY Hunter College.
I'm the author of His Insignificant Other (2002), Such a Girl (2004) and the forthcoming Whiskey Road: A Love Story (2008). My short story Nice Jewish Boy appears in the anthology This is Chick-Lit.
His Insignificant Other was a Borders Original Voices selection and named one of Cosmopolitan Magazine's Sexy Summer Reads. It was published in Serbia in June 2004. A mass market edition will be released in September.
Such a Girl was a Main Selection of Black Expressions Book Club.
In my third novel, Whiskey Road: A Love Story (2008), the relationship between a black city girl and a white small town boy takes a dark turn in rural New York.
Whiskey Road is now available for preorder at Amazon.com
Praise for Such a Girl
Solidly grounded in the backstairs culture at posh New York hotels,
Such a Girl gives a hilariously eye-opening account of how these celebrity-crazed hotel workers eavesdrop on famous guests and treat themselves to four-hour stays in unbooked luxury suites.
-Boston Herald
A sly urban update of Persuasion, Jane Austen's classic romantic novel.
-Essence
Praise for His Insignificant Other
Casey chases around town trying to keep up with Mali's and John Paul's whereabouts and potential reconciliation, decidedly resisting his protestations of innocence, debating whether or not to exchange her three-month celibacy for revenge sex, and wondering what to do with her so-called career. She meets friends for drinks, eats, and backbiting gossip in a swirl of clubs, bars, bistros, and cramped apartments. Siplin's delightful debut novel sports a multiracial cast of characters and contemporary urban sensibilities.
-Booklist
His Insignificant Other is a deftly written novel that's hilarious, sentimental and sad. Hilarious because it shows that when people lie about their feelings they do truly triflin' things. Sentimental because sometimes taking chances means divorcing yourself from bad things, even if they are familiar. And sad because Casey, like many of us struggling 20-somethings, is bright. But she'll remain stuck in mediocrity unless she finds the confidence to break away from the crowd, follow her gut and set her own parameters for perfection.
-The News & Observer
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