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Brian Platzer

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Born

in New York City, The United States

Website

http://www.brianplatzer.com/

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Genre

Fiction, Nonfiction

Influences

James Baldwin, Dave Eggers, Alice McDermott, Philip Roth, Paul Auster

Member Since

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Brian Platzer is the author of BED-STUY IS BURNING ('17) and THE BODY POLITIC ('20) from Atria/Simon & Schuster, and THE TAKING THE STRESS OUT OF HOMEWORK ('20) from Avery/Penguin Random House. Brian has an MFA from the Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars, and a BA from Columbia University. His writing has appeared often in the New Yorker’s Shouts and Murmurs and McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, as well as in the New York Times, The New Republic, Salon, and elsewhere. He lives with his wife and two young sons in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, teaches middle school English in Manhattan, and suffers from chronic dizziness. ...more

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Average rating: 3.33 · 862 ratings · 213 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Bed-Stuy Is Burning 3.12 avg rating — 493 ratings — published 2017 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Body Politic 3.50 avg rating — 311 ratings — published 2020 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Taking the Stress Out of Homework: Organizational, Content-Specific, and Test-Prep Strategies to Help Your ChildrenHelp Themselves by Abby Freireich, Brian Platzer (Goodreads Author) 3.66 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2020 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Optimists 4.91 avg rating — 23 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Wow, what a debut! Early glimpses at Pete, Viv and Corey are gripping, and then MAKE NICE becomes a masterpiece of pacing. I can't wait for others to read so I can finally talk about this book! ...more
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I saw Notes on My Mother's Decline in the theater and was thrilled to find out it existed in book form. With it, in combination with This Is My Office, Bragen articulates a vision of the world that is unique: funny, moving, insightful, at times claus ...more
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