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2017 Reading Challenge

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Lilliam Rivera

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July 03

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Originally from the Bronx, NYC, Lilliam Rivera is a 2016 Pushcart Prize winner and a 2015 Clarion graduate. She has been awarded fellowships and grants from PEN Center USA, Elizabeth George Foundation, and A Room of Her Own Foundation. Her work has appeared in Tin House, Los Angeles Times, Bellevue Literary Review, Los Angeles Review of Books, Latina, among others. She hosts the Los Angeles-based radio show Literary Soundtrack on Radio Sombra and lives in Los Angeles with her family. Visit her at LilliamRivera.com.

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Since November, I have not slept a restful sleep. At 4am, my body wakes up to the harsh realization of what is going on in this world. This week, my novel made its debut. I am torn from celebrating to falling into a despair. I know I am not alone and that other 2017 debut authors have expressed the same sentiment.

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Lilliam Rivera's Books

Average rating: 3.68 · 249 ratings · 92 reviews · 3 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Education of Margot Sanchez 3.66 avg rating — 189 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November/December 2016 by C.C. Finlay (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ester M. Friesner (Contributor), James Beamon (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.75 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Nightmare Magazine, Issue 52 (January 2017) by Nightmare Magazine, John Joseph Adams (Goodreads Author), Cadwell Turnbull 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings	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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