Christa Parravani
Christa Parravani | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 18 Albany, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer, professor |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Period | 2013–present |
| Genre | Memoir |
| Notable works | (2013) |
| Website | |
| www | |
Christa Parravani is an author and assistant professor in creative non-fiction at West Virginia University.[1]
Writing[]
Her first memoir Her was published in 2013.[2][3] Her second memoir Loved and Wanted: A Memoir of Choice, Children, and Womanhood was published by Henry Holt & Company in October 2020.[4][5]
Parravani has written in Guernica, Catapult, Vogue, The Millions, Salon, The Rumpus, The Daily Beast and The Washington Post.[1][better source needed] She has appeared on NPR and PBS.[1][better source needed]
Personal life[]
She is married to Anthony Swofford.[5]
Publications[]
- Her: A Memoir. Henry Holt, 2013.
- Women in Clothes. Viking; Penguin, 2014.
- Loved and Wanted: A Memoir of Choice, Children, and Womanhood. USA: Henry Holt, 2020. UK: Bonnier, 2020.
References[]
- ^ a b c "Christa Parravani". wvu.edu. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
- ^ "Her by Christa Parravani". The Rumpus. 25 July 2013. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
- ^ "Her: A Memoir by Christa Parravani". The Washington Post. 31 May 2013.
- ^ "Loved and Wanted: A Memoir of Choice, Children and Womanhood". publishersweeklycom. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
- ^ a b Sandler, Lauren (10 November 2020). "Unexpectedly Pregnant, a Memoirist Finds Her Choices Limited". The New York Times. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
External links[]
Categories:
- Living people
- American writers
- American memoirists
- American women memoirists
- West Virginia University faculty
- Writers from Albany, New York
- Columbia University alumni
- American women academics
- 21st-century American women