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Roxana Robinson

Born

in Pine Mountain, Kentucky, The United States

November 30, 1946

Website

http://www.roxanarobinson.com/

Genre

Literature & Fiction

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Roxana Robinson is the author of eight works of fiction, including the novels Cost and Sparta. She is also the author of Georgia O’Keeffe: A Life. A former Guggenheim Fellow, she edited The New York Stories of Edith Wharton and wrote the introduction to Elizabeth Taylor’s A View of the Harbour, both published by NYRB Classics. Robinson is currently the president of the Authors Guild.

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Average rating: 3.59 · 27,009 ratings · 4,262 reviews · 34 distinct works • Similar authors

	Leaving 3.79 avg rating — 7,509 ratings — published 2024 — 13 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
	Cost 3.68 avg rating — 2,094 ratings — published 2008 — 21 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
	Georgia O'Keeffe: A Life 4.17 avg rating — 1,501 ratings — 37 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
	Sparta 3.81 avg rating — 892 ratings — published 2013 — 13 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
	Sweetwater 3.71 avg rating — 624 ratings — published 2003 — 12 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
	This is My Daughter 3.66 avg rating — 513 ratings — published 1998 — 14 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
	Dawson's Fall: A Novel 3.51 avg rating — 164 ratings — published 2019 — 4 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
	Summer Light 3.57 avg rating — 161 ratings — published 1988 — 11 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 Perfect Stranger: And Other Stories 3.86 avg rating — 133 ratings — published 2005 — 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
	Asking for Love 3.93 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 1996 — 7 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 writer is like a tuning fork: We respond when we’re struck by something. The thing is to pay attention, to be ready for radical empathy. If we empty ourselves of ourselves we’ll be able to vibrate in synchrony with something deep and powerful. If we’re lucky we’ll transmit a strong pure note, one that isn’t ours, but which passes through us. If we’re lucky, it will be a note that reverberates and expands, one that other people will hear and understand.”
― Roxana Robinson

tags: empathy, radical-empathy, writing

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“Grief was an actual weight, he thought. It felt like a physical burden. You carried it with you all day, unsheddable. Your shoulders, by nightfall, felt dragged down." p 320”
― Roxana Robinson, This is My Daughter

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“The crimes you paid for as a parent: excruciating, to be blamed for something you'd never dreamt of doing, or huring someone you'd give your heart's blood to...One thing you learned as a parent was humility.”
― Roxana Robinson, Cost

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Kill for Me, Kill for You

by Steve Cavanagh

9 votes, 29.0%

The Lost Bookshop

by Evie Woods

8 votes, 25.8%

Murder Road

by Simone St. James

5 votes, 16.1%

The Swimmers

by Julie Otsuka

3 votes, 9.7%

The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels

by Janice Hallett

2 votes, 6.5%

Anita de Monte Laughs Last

by Xóchitl González

2 votes, 6.5%

The Madwomen of Paris

by Jennifer Cody Epstein

1 vote, 3.2%

The Birds of Opulence

by Crystal Wilkinson

1 vote, 3.2%

The Vacancy in Room 10

by Seraphina Nova Glass

0 votes, 0.0%

Leaving

by Roxana Robinson

0 votes, 0.0%

31 total votes

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