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Cynthia Romanowski

Columnist Cynthia Romanowski holds an MFA in fiction from UC Riverside's low res program in Palm Desert. Her short stories and essays have appeared in The Nervous Breakdown, The Rumpus, Flash Flash Click, MARY: A Journal Of New Writing and on the podcast No Extra Words. She lives in Huntington Beach, where she is also from, and is working on a novel-in-stories titled The Habitual Position Of Being Okay.

Must-reads from Janet Fitch, David Frum and others

February 6, 2018 at 5:00 a.m.

Must-reads from Deanne Stillman, Martin J. Smith, Gayle Brandeis and others

December 12, 2017 at 5:00 a.m.

OC author Alane Adams taps Norse mythology trend with new YA series

November 16, 2017 at 4:44 p.m.

Norse mythology is having a moment and so is OC author Alane Adams. From Neil Gaimen’s “Norse Mythology” to “Thor: Ragnorak,” the Norse pantheon is hot, and here in Orange...

Lisi Harrison, Liska Jacobs and Elizabeth Rosner deliver must-reads for fall

November 7, 2017 at 12:27 p.m.

T. Jefferson Parker, Jennifer Egan top new must-reads

October 5, 2017 at 5:00 a.m.

6 Great Books You Need to Read This Month

October 2, 2017 at 10:52 a.m.

Books. Read. Must. New, notable and buzz-worthy titles in literature

Must-read tall tales of dragons, narwhals and more fantastic characters

September 27, 2017 at 11:00 a.m.

Tall Tales New titles update your child’s at-home library Once upon a time there were naysayers who thought all of our technology might herald the end of books, and possibly...

Shelf Awareness brings you delicious reads for August

Six great summer reads

August 3, 2017 at 10:55 a.m.

Shelf Awareness brings you delicious reads for August

New, notable and buzz-worthy books for June 2017

August 10, 2017 at 9:16 p.m.

Best-selling author of the essay collection “Bad Feminist,” Roxane Gay is back with her most personal work of nonfiction to date, “Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body” is a meditative...

The OC literary scene comes of age (finally)

November 21, 2017 at 1:05 p.m.

Literature is not a spectacle. It’s a private art. Music, theater, visual arts – these forms have their own buildings, they have walls and stages to live upon, while literature...

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