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Julia Franks

Julia Franks
Julia Franks is the author of Over the Plain Houses, which was an NPR Best Book of 2016 and was awarded five literary prizes. She has published essays in outlets like the New York Times, Ms. Magazine, and The Bitter Southerner. While her roots are in the Southeast, she spent years teaching literature in the US and abroad. She lives in Atlanta.


Difficult Choices, Then and Now: A Reading List of Motherhood and Adoption

Julia Franks Recommends Nancy Johnson, Rickie Solinger, and More
June 8, 2023  By Julia Franks
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