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Alisson Wood… adds to this growing canon with a chronicle of her two-year relationship with her high-school English teacher.” —Evette Dionne, “17 Memoirs Feminists Should Read in 2020”, Bitch Media "Being Lolita is a book of deep insight and bravery—and ultimately one of power. In the era of #MeToo, Wood’s voice will change things ...
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Aug 4, 2020 · Being Lolita is a journey through Alisson Wood's experiences as a teenager and young woman, from her descent as the idealized 'nymphet' created by the grooming of her teacher Mr. North's 'Humbert Humbert' to the poised, strong, and unabashedly honest woman she is today.
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Feb 16, 2021 · Being Lolita by Alisson Wood review – memoir of an illicit relationship | Autobiography and memoir | The Guardian. Sue Lyon and James Mason in the 1962 film of Lolita, to which the author ...
Feb 22, 2021 · By Alisson Wood. 22 February 2021. When I was 30-years-old, I began, for the first time, to truly reckon with what happened to me as a senior in high school: I was groomed and abused by an English teacher. At the time, I didn’t see it like that. I certainly did not see myself as a victim of anything, as vulnerable, as an easy target for a predator.
Aug 4, 2020 · Alisson Wood is an award-winning writer whose essays have been published in the New York Times, Catapult, and Epiphany. She holds an M.F.A. in fiction from New York University. Alisson teaches creative writing at her alma mater and at Sackett Street Writers’ Workshop.
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Aug 4, 2020 · I first met Alisson Wood after a reading last year, when she approached me to tell me that my own writing had been meaningful to her. There was something in her voice and in her eyes when she described the book she had written that made me realize the world needed it.
