Karolina Waclawiak is the author of the critically acclaimed novels How to Get Into the Twin Palms and THE INVADERS. AWOL, a feature she co-wrote with Deb Shoval, premiered at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival. Formerly an editor at the Believer, she is now the Executive Editor, Culture at BuzzFeed News. Karolina received her BFA in Screenwriting from USC and her MFA in Fiction from Columbia University. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, VQR, the Believer, Hazlitt, and other publications.
*One of the Best Books of 2012 --SalonWaclawiak's novel reinvents
the immigration story. How to Get Into the Twin Palms movingly
portrays a protagonist intent on both creating and destroying
herself, on burning brightly even as she goes up in smoke.
--New York Times Book Review, Editors' ChoiceThe novel is
beautifully written and so suffused with loneliness it makes you
ache. Not only is How to Get into the Twin Palms about the
overwhelming state that is displacement, it's about what happens
when loneliness becomes unbearable. Waclawiak writes through these
tensions so elegantly, so tenderly, that How to Get Into the Twin
Palms is, by far, one of my favorite books this year.
--Roxane Gay, The RumpusExcellent... Waclawiak's book turns the
traditional immigrant novel on its head, or maybe turns it inside
out, or maybe just dyes its hair a nice shade of 'Black Stilettos,
' turning its ears black in the process."
--Flavorwire Visceral and strong...
--NYLONKarolina Waclawiak has upended the immigrant's tale.
--The Week, Author of the WeekWaclawiak writes about loneliness,
isolation, and determination in a refreshing and quirky way."
--Vulture Waclawiak writes of Anya's struggle to belong with wit
and sensitive insight... [a] fantastic debut."
--Shelf Awareness Masked by scenes of schmancy nightlife is a story
about an immigrant wanting to belong. Barely getting by in LA on
bingo-calling, Anya reinvents herself. With hair dye and a push-up
bra, she tries to gain entry into the Twin Palms nightclub."
--Marie Claire Sex-crazed, surreal, dreamy, violent, escapist, and
always searching for some kind of truth. The book makes me think of
questions I ask myself all the time. How can you separate yourself
from the generations of women that have come before you? Is it even
possible? Do you like these ancient parts of yourself? Are you
proud of them or ashamed?"
--HTML Giant Karolina Waclawiak's debut novel, How to Get Into the
Twin Palms, presents a vividly drawn portrait of Los Angeles
inhabited by alienated immigrants, Russian gangsters, and
sex-starved bingo-addicted octogenarians--all enveloped by
smoldering fires that threaten to burn the city down."
--Christine Schutt, Poets & Writers Comical, but the story is deep,
as Anya bumps up against the world in an attempt to define her
identity as both an immigrant and a woman."
--Shelf Unbound Magazine A taut debut... [that] strikes with the
creeping suddenness of a brush fire.
--Publishers Weekly, Starred ReviewWaclawiak takes the immigrant
novel and spins it on its head. A great addition to 1.5 generation
literature, beautifully written, funny and touching."
--Gary Shteyngart
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