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Nic Kelman

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Nic Kelman was born in New York City to parents from the UK and the US. Documentarian Alfred Kelman was his father. Kelman received a Bachelor of Science in Brain and Cognitive Science and a Minor in Film and Media Studies from The Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He then received a Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Brown University where he studied under a full fellowship.

Kelman's first novel, "girls: a paean," (Little, Brown and Company, 2003) was a San Francisco Chronicle and New York Journal News Best Book of the Year. It went on to become a critically acclaimed international bestseller and has been translated into more than a dozen languages. In Italy, where Fazi Editore was the publisher, it was notably successful.

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	girls 3.35 avg rating — 685 ratings — published 2003 — 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
	How to Pass as Human 3.23 avg rating — 210 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
	Video Game Art 3.34 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2005 — 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
	Il comportamento della luce by Nic Kelman (Goodreads Author), Massimiliano Manganelli (Translator) 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2010	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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“And if they don't like it if you use those words and they stop moving put their hand on your mouth say "Don't say thatdon't use that wordI don't like it " if they say they don't want to try being handcuffed to the towel rack in the bathroom they're never any good in bed. They may be nice. They may be witty charming etc. etc. They may be doing something for women's liberation (over what? over whom?). But they're never any good in bed.”
― Nic Kelman, girls

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“It's because they don't understand good sex has nothing to do with equality.”
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“In the earning of things you have lost the ability to enjoy them.”
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