Tama Janowitz is the author of Slaves of New York, A Cannibal in Manhattan, American Dad, The Male Cross-Dressers Support Group, and By the Shores of Gichee Gumee, and is the recipient of two NEA grants in fiction, as well as a New York State Council of the Arts Award in Fiction. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and daughter.
Tama Janowitz is the author of Slaves of New York, A Cannibal in Manhattan, American Dad, The Male Cross-Dressers Support Group, and By the Shores of Gichee Gumee, and is the recipient of two NEA grants in fiction, as well as a New York State Council of the Arts Award in Fiction. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and daughter.
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