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Katherine Dunn


Born
in Garden City, Kansas, The United States
October 24, 1945

Died
May 11, 2016

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction, Horror


Katherine Dunn was a novelist and boxing journalist who lived and worked in Oregon. She is the author of the three novels: Attic; Truck; and Geek Love. This, her most well-known work, was a finalist for both the National Book Award and the Bram Stoker Prize for horror fiction. She also authored the essay collection One Ring Circus. She died in 2016.

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Average rating: 3.94 · 77,555 ratings · 8,337 reviews · 29 distinct works • Similar authors
Geek Love
3.96 avg rating — 68,543 ratings — published 1989 — 70 editions
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3.65 avg rating — 1,496 ratings — published 2022 — 5 editions
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On Cussing: Bad Words and C...
3.82 avg rating — 465 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions
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Truck
3.35 avg rating — 487 ratings — 10 editions
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ATTIC.
3.24 avg rating — 454 ratings — published 1970 — 16 editions
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One Ring Circus: Dispatches...
3.94 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions
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Why Do Men Have Nipples? an...
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3.62 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions
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Guyana
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3 Day Fox : A Tattoo
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“The truth is always an insult or a joke, lies are generally tastier. We love them. The nature of lies is to please. Truth has no concern for anyone's comfort”
― Katherine Dunn, Geek Love
tags: lies, lying, truth
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“Can you be happy with the movies, and the ads, and the clothes in the stores, and the doctors, and the eyes as you walk down the street all telling you there is something wrong with you? No. You cannot be happy. Because, you poor darling baby, you believe them.”
― Katherine Dunn, Geek Love
tags: advertisements, eyes, happiness, judgement, movies, society
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“They thought to use and shame me but I win out by nature, because a true freak cannot be made. A true freak must be born.”
― Katherine Dunn, Geek Love
tags: freak
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