Hollis Seamon
Hollis Seamon lives and writes in Kinderhook, NY. She teaches writing at the College of Saint Rose in Albany NY and at the Fairfield University MFA in Creative Writing Program, Fairfield CT. Her most recent book is Corporeality, a collection of short stories published in January 2013 by Able...
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Hollis Seamon lives and writes in Kinderhook, NY. She teaches writing at the College of Saint Rose in Albany NY and at the Fairfield University MFA in Creative Writing Program, Fairfield CT. Her most recent book is Corporeality, a collection of short stories published in January 2013 by Able Muse Press. Coming in September 2013 is Hollis's first young adult novel, Somebody Up There Hates You, one of the inaugural books in Algonquin's new Young Readers line.
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Me propongo leer de principio a fin libros considerados "malos". Mi intención es encontrar al menos UNA cualidad buena en ellos y reseñarlos objetivamente siguiendo 20 puntos a desarrollar brevemente. (Los puntos varían según el género del que se trate.)Si tienen ganas de No-recomendarme otros libro...
Comparisons to TFiOS are understandable, but I'm not seeing it all the way aside from themes and the condemnation of treating those who are sick like they're less-than-human. TFiOS is the romantic and philosophical heartbreaking one, SUTHY is the foul-mouthed one that wants to go out with one last h...
I received a copy of this book through a First Reads giveaway.It’s hard not to compare Somebody Up There Hates You to John Green’s [b:The Fault in Our Stars|11870085|The Fault in Our Stars|John Green|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1360206420s/11870085.jpg|16827462]. Both feature teenager...
Sometimes, when a blogger reads a book and she doesn’t get along with that book, a book is pushed to the back of her mind and forgotten until she realizes the book came out and she forgot to review it. That’s what happened between me and SOMEBODY UP THERE HATES YOU by Hollis Seamon, a YA contemporar...
I think I knew I was going to dislike Richard from the beginning because he always repeats himself by saying, "see" or, "okay?" or "right". It took all my strength not to jump into the book and punch him in the face. Hollis Seamon could have made this a killer book with such a sad and serious topic ...