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I just want to say how very much I enjoy your work. You are so funny, edgy and poignant. One of my all time favorite books was Kinflicks. Hope you are well and know that your art is very much appreciated. As I am now visually impaired are your books available as audiobooks?

Lisa Alther Hi Suzin, Many thanks for your kind words. I'm happy you like Kinflicks and really appreciate your letting me know. I'm sorry to hear about your visua…moreHi Suzin, Many thanks for your kind words. I'm happy you like Kinflicks and really appreciate your letting me know. I'm sorry to hear about your visual impairment. My books Kinflicks, Blood Feud, and Swan Song are available as audiobooks, but not the others. Though I think if you order the Kindle version of the others, you can enable a speech function. I've never tried this, so I don't know how well it does or doesn't work. Best wishes, Lisa(less)

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Lisa Alther I do other things that I enjoy. I used to always go skiing. But I hurt my back and don't ski now. I find if I take attention away from my muse, she so…moreI do other things that I enjoy. I used to always go skiing. But I hurt my back and don't ski now. I find if I take attention away from my muse, she sometimes starts clamoring to try to get it back!(less)

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	Kinflicks 3.78 avg rating — 1,034 ratings — published 1975 — 58 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
	Other Women 3.76 avg rating — 536 ratings — published 1982 — 32 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
	Kinfolks: Falling Off the Family Tree - The Search for My Melungeon Ancestors 3.53 avg rating — 427 ratings — published 2007 — 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
	Original Sins 3.64 avg rating — 409 ratings — published 1981 — 25 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
	Five Minutes in Heaven 3.61 avg rating — 221 ratings — published 1995 — 18 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
	Swan Song: An Odyssey 3.12 avg rating — 204 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Bedrock 3.40 avg rating — 186 ratings — published 1990 — 23 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
	About Women: Conversations Between a Writer and a Painter by Lisa Alther (Goodreads Author), Françoise Gilot 3.69 avg rating — 148 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Washed in the Blood 3.78 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Stormy Weather & Other Stories 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2012 — 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

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“I happen to feel that the degree of a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting attitudes she can bring to bear on the same topic.”
― Lisa Alther

tags: attitude, intelligence

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“I always thought it was a question of achieving some permanent state of tranquillity ... but it's not. It's more like learning to surf. The waves keep rolling in, each different from the last, and you have to ride them, instead of getting pounded to bits.”
― Lisa Alther, Other Women

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“If this was adulthood, the only improvement she could detect in her situation was that now she could eat dessert without eating her vegetables.”
― Lisa Alther

tags: adulthood

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