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Edie Meidav

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About KINGDOM OF THE YOUNG, Kirkus in a starred review calls it a " penetrating collection that glides among an impressive breadth of storytelling modes with warmth and easy brilliance." Called an "American original" by The Daily Beast, Edie Meidav is also the author of LOLA, CALIFORNIA (FSG), CRAWL SPACE (FSG), and THE FAR FIELD: A NOVEL OF CEYLON. Winner of a Lannan Fellowship, a Howard Fellowship, the Kafka Prize for Fiction by an American Woman, the Bard Fiction Prize, her books called editorial picks by multiple newspapers, she teaches in the UMass Amherst MFA.
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	Lola, California 3.27 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Crawl Space: A Novel 4.07 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2005 — 6 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
	Kingdom of the Young 3.92 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	The Far Field: A Novel of Ceylon 3.21 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2001 — 6 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
	Another Love Discourse 4.47 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Strange Attractors: Lives Changed by Chance by Edie Meidav (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Emmalie Dropkin (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2019 — 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
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