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Christian Bauman

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Born

in Easton, Pennsylvania, The United States

June 15, 1970

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http://www.christianbauman.com

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Christian Bauman is the author of a critically acclaimed cycle of novels set in the 1990s (The Ice Beneath You, Voodoo Lounge, and In Hoboken) published between 2002 and 2008. He was a regular contributor to NPR’s Weekend All Things Considered for a few years. Bauman has been interviewed by Terry Gross on Fresh Air, Rachel Maddow and Chuck D on Air America, Vin Scelsa on Idiot’s Delight, and featured in the New York Times and CNN.

Much delayed by a decade-long bout of swirling gypsy mumps, Bauman's fourth novel is slouching toward completion. Maybe this year? Maybe next. ...more

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Nah, I ain't dead. Just been woodshedding. Here in the woodshed. So to speak.
Occasional twitter spurts @baumansbrain. Will get back to some longform over here eventually.
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	Not Like I'm Jealous or Anything: The Jealousy Book by Marissa Walsh (Editor), E. Lockhart (Goodreads Author), Siobhan Adcock (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.29 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 2006 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ice Beneath You: A Novel 3.53 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Hoboken 3.36 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Voodoo Lounge: A Novel 3.78 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	War Is: Soldiers, Survivors and Storytellers Talk About War by Christian Bauman (Goodreads Author), Marc Aronson (Goodreads Author), Patty Campbell 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Reading was a joy, a desperately needed escape -- I didn't read to learn, I was reading to read.”
― Christian Bauman

tags: learn, read, reading

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“Writing is the only art form where a good number of the artists make a slice of their living criticizing one another in print, in public. ”
― Christian Bauman

tags: artists, writer, writing

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“Literature simply becomes richer after you've been fired, rejected, stranded, or had to change a few midnight diapers.”
― Christian Bauman

tags: book, books, literature

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Christian’s Quotes

“You know, one of the tragedies of real life is that there is no background music.”
― Annie Proulx

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“I really think I write about everyday life. I don't think I'm quite as odd as others say I am. Life is intrinsically, well, boring and dangerous at the same time. At any given moment the floor may open up. Of course, it almost never does; that's what makes it so boring.”
― Edward Gorey

tags: boredom, ennui, life

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“Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.”
― George Bernard Shaw

tags: books, children

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“Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.”
― Ernest Hemingway

tags: drinking

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“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
― Mark Twain

tags: individuality, majority, minority, pause, reflect, wisdom

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