A recipient of both the NYC Emerging Writer's Fellowship and an Aspen Words scholarship, author Lexi Freiman's reading life didn’t begin until she discovered plays. This makes perfect sense considering her passion for acting. In fact, Lexi worked as an actress with Australia’s national Shakespeare company before moving to New York in 2010, when she focused on writing. Her debut novel, “Inappropriation,” has been described by a reviewer as "intense, crackling, hilarious.” You could say something similar about Lexi herself.

BOOKS MENTIONED

Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare

The Plot Against America by Philip Roth

The Ghostwriter by Philip Roth

Portnoy’s Complaint by Philip Roth

A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

Bad Behavior by Mary Gaitskill

Transit by Rachel Cusk

WRITERS MENTIONED

Sarah Cane (playwright)

Jonathan Franzen

Michel Houellebecq

J. M. Coetzee

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