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Ken Capobianco

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Carle Place, N. Y. , The United States

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Ken Capobianco has written about pop music and the arts for over thirty years after receiving his M.A. in Literature from Tufts University. His work has appeared The Boston Globe, Billboard, The New York Times, The Cape Cod Times, and The Journal of Modern Literature among many other publications. A former instructor of writing and literature at Northeastern University and instructor of journalism at Emerson College, Capobianco was awarded Best Humor Columnist from the New England Press Association for his humor column in Boston's Community Newspaper Group. He lives in Long Beach, California with his wife, Ratanan. He can be reached at franznine@live.com and on Twitter @KCapo45 ...more

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	Call Me Anorexic: The Ballad of a Thin Man 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — 2 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
	A Field Guide to Temporary Madness and Extraordinarily Ordinary Sex 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 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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A Podcast discussing "Call Me Anorexic: The Ballad of a Thin Man" and My Recovery from Anorexia

Here's a podcast I recently appeared on. It's an hour discussion of my novel and my recovery from anorexia. I'll be on another podcast, "Peace Meal," on June 19.

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A magnificent look at a community filled with people who have been buried by dashed dreams, broken alliances, and missed connections. No one (and, that's no one, writes dialogue like Richard Price). And this wildly funny and empathetic book about sca ...more
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