Mary Gaitskill, author portrait
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Mary Gaitskill

Mary Gaitskill is the author of the story collections Bad Behavior, Because They Wanted To (nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Award), and Don’t Cry, and the novels The Mare, Veronica (nominated for the National Book Award), and Two Girls, Fat and Thin. Her stories and essays have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s, Artforum, and Granta, among many other journals, as well as in The Best American Short Stories and The O. Henry Prize Stories.
Bad Behavior
This Is Pleasure
Somebody with a Little Hammer
The Mare
Today I'm Yours
Don't Cry
Veronica

Books

Bad Behavior
This Is Pleasure
Somebody with a Little Hammer
The Mare
Today I'm Yours
Don't Cry
Veronica

Books for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

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