Lincoln, Kansas
Lincoln Center, more commonly known as Lincoln, is a city in and the county seat of Lincoln County, Kansas, Lincoln County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 1,171.
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) is a critic, author, feminist, and the editor-in-chief of ''Bookslut'', a
litblog
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and webzine founded in 2002. She has published three books, most recently ''Why I Am Not A Feminist: A Feminist Manifesto'' (2017).
Early life
Crispin is from
Lincoln, Kansas
Lincoln Center, more commonly known as Lincoln, is a city in and the county seat of Lincoln County, Kansas, Lincoln County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 1,171.
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; she has described both her hometown and upbringing in her family as very conservative. She attended
Baker University
Baker University is a private university in Baldwin City, Kansas. Founded in 1858, it was the first four-year university in Kansas and is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Baker University is made up of four schools. The College of Art ...
in Kansas for two years before leaving without a degree.
Literary career
Crispin began her literary career as publishing outsider who started her blog ''Bookslut'' on the side while working at
Planned Parenthood
The Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. (PPFA), or simply Planned Parenthood, is a nonprofit organization that provides reproductive health care in the United States and globally. It is a tax-exempt corporation under Internal Reve ...
in
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the county seat, seat and largest city of Travis County, Texas, Travis County, with portions extending into Hays County, Texas, Hays and Williamson County, Texas, Williamson co ...
. She eventually came to support herself by writing and editing the site full-time. ''Bookslut'' ran for 14 years, with the last issue announced in May 2016. ''Bookslut'' received mentions in many national and international newspapers, including ''
The New York Times Book Review
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'' and ''
The Washington Post
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''.
In 2005 Crispin kept a diary about her work on books for ''
The Guardian
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''. Crispin had a regular column in the online cultural journal ''The Smart Set'', published by
Drexel University
Drexel University is a private research university with its main campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Drexel's undergraduate school was founded in 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel, a financier and philanthropist. Founded as Drexel Institute of Art, S ...
. She was a book critic for NPR and contributor to
PBS
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's ''
Need to Know
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''. She has written for the ''New York Times'', the ''Washington Post'', ''
Chicago Sun-Times
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'' and ''
The Globe and Mail
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,'' among other publications. She wrote the afterword to Melville House Books' reissue of
Heinrich Böll
Heinrich Theodor Böll (; 21 December 1917 – 16 July 1985) was a German writer. Considered one of Germany's foremost post-World War II writers, Böll is a recipient of the Georg Büchner Prize (1967) and the Nobel Prize for Literature (1972).
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Billiards at Half-Past Nine
''Billiards at Half-Past Nine'' (german: Billard um halb zehn) is a 1959 novel by the German author Heinrich Böll.