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Mary Laura Philpott

Mary Laura Philpott
Mary Laura Philpott is the author of a forthcoming memoir-in-essays, I Miss You When I Blink (2019), as well as the illustrated humor collection, Penguins with People Problems. She also runs Musing, the online magazine of Parnassus Books, and co-hosts A Word on Words for Nashville Public Television. She’s on Twitter @marylauraph.


Why, Exactly, Do We Have Subtitles on Books?

Mary Laura Philpott, Out Here Asking the Tough Questions
April 2, 2019  By Mary Laura Philpott
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Surviving the Ordinary: Why We Need Memoirs of Regular Lives

And 14 Books for Your How-to-Be-a-Person Memoir Shelf
April 9, 2018  By Mary Laura Philpott
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Ann Patchett on Stealing Stories, Book Tours, and Staying Off Twitter

The Author and Owner of Parnassus Books Discusses Her New Novel
August 29, 2016  By Mary Laura Philpott
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Megan Mayhew Bergman: Girl Scout Heart, Henry Miller Mind

On Ugliness, Underdogs, and the value of hard work
April 13, 2015  By Mary Laura Philpott
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