# Ottessa Moshfegh
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Ottessa Charlotte Moshfegh (born 1981) is an American author and novelist. Her debut novel, Eileen (2015), won the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and was a fiction finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.
== Early life and education ==
Moshfegh was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1981.
Book Recommendations: In Conversation with Ramya Amuthan
Host Jacob Shymanski and guest Ramya Amuthan reflect on five books that they each personally enjoyed this past year, covering a wide range of genres including psychology, literary fiction, romance, dystopian fiction, mystery, non-fiction and social commentary.
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#209: Literary Agent Rachel Mann — What Makes an Agent Say Yes, Navigating the Submissions Process, and the Tension Between Art and Commerce
CAA literary agent Rachel Mann on what makes her say yes to a manuscript, how to navigate the submissions process without losing control of your career, and why cutting is the work that makes prose land.
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Why the recognition an agent needs is physical rather than analytical.
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RERELEASE: My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
Your hosts discuss who the villain is in My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh. They also talk about dark humor, mental health crises, and mood reading.
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A Modern Growth Audiobook by Holland Graham
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Why writin…
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