Julia Pierpont

Author of Among the Ten Thousand Things

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About the Author

Julia Pierpont is a graduate of the NYU Creative Writing Program, where she received the Rona Jaffe Foundation Graduate Fellowship and the Stein Fellowship. Her first book, Among the Ten Thousand Things, was published in 2015. (Bowker Author Biography)

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Among the Ten Thousand Things (2015) 568 copies, 81 reviews

The Little Book of Feminist Saints (2018) 162 copies, 4 reviews

El pequeño libro de las grandes feministas / The Little Book of Feminist Saints (Spanish Edition) (2019) 1 copy

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Canonical name: Pierpont, Julia
Gender: female
Nationality: USA
Education: Barnard College (BA)
NYU (MFA)

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Among the ten thousand things : a novel by Julia Pierpont

OK but I read it only a few weeks ago and it has slipped away. I recall being impressed from time to time with author's stylish quirks and character's behaviors, i.e. philandering artist staying with his mother in Texas and becoming a child like we all do on return home.

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featherbooks | 80 other reviews | May 7, 2024 |

The Little Book of Feminist Saints by Julia Pierpont

Julia Pierpont starts off The Little Book of Feminist Saints with a story in her prologue about playing Peter Pan as a young girl. Immediately I knew I was going to enjoy reading little stories about the women she included in the book because of that story – I always played Peter Pan. Always.

Each of the women included are given their own day, just as Saints are, and the information on each page includes unique and inspirational information. The women included are a fairly diverse bunch and I enjoyed learning more about each of them. It is the perfect gift book for your favorite women!… (more)

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smorton11 | 3 other reviews | Oct 29, 2022 |

Among the Ten Thousand Things: A Novel by Julia Pierpont

This just didn't engage me.

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a2slbailey | 80 other reviews | Dec 29, 2021 |

Among the Ten Thousand Things: A Novel by Julia Pierpont

adult fiction; dysfunctional family drama. This was OK but I lost interest 80 pages in.

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reader1009 | 80 other reviews | Jul 3, 2021 |

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