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Colleen Curran

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Literature & Fiction, Short Stories, Young Adult

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I'm the author of the novel "Whores on the Hill."
I like to write about girls, women, relationships, identity and coming of age stories.
I'm an avid reader and I like to read anything with a unique voice and a great story. ...more

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New Short Story in Alaska Quarterly Review

I have a short story, "Big Enough for Slaughter," in the new issue of Alaska Quarterly Review, Spring/Summer 2012.

You can read an excerpt of it here. Read more of this blog post »

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Published on May 09, 2012 12:18 • Tags: alaska-quarterly-review, short-story

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	Whores on the Hill 3.47 avg rating — 950 ratings — published 2005 — 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
	Altared: Bridezillas, Bewilderment, Big Love, Breakups, and What Women Really Think About Contemporary Weddings by Colleen Curran (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jill Eisenstadt (Goodreads Author) 3.53 avg rating — 323 ratings — published 2007 — 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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“Life was like that when you were fifteen and knobby-kneed and you only had a handful of choices. Your world was small and cruel and narrow-minded and breathtaking.”
― Colleen Curran

tags: coming-of-age, girls

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“We were girls in plaid skirts, loud and obnoxious, driving with the windows down. Capable students, nailing honor roll every year, despite our reputation. We were good kissers, decent dancers, fast with our hands. Desperate and dangerous. A little loose, sure. But desirable. Everyone knew. We were the girls who thought we were nothing if not this: a force, a flame, a million nerve ends electric with appetite and not afraid.”
― Colleen Curran, Whores on the Hill

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“We’re your daughters, mister. We’re your girlfriends, we’re your sisters, we’re your precious baby girls. Goddammit, listen.”
― Colleen Curran, Whores on the Hill

tags: colleen-curran, feminism, whores-on-the-hill, women

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