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A headcase, her widely acclaimed memoir the chronology of water was a finalist for a pen center usa award. By reclaiming and celebrating the word misfit, this manifesto makes a powerful case for not fitting infor recognizing the beauty, and difficulty, in forging an original path. Lidia yuknavitch is the author of the national bestselling novels the book of joan and the small backs of children, winner of the 2016 oregon book awards ken kesey award for fiction as well as the readers choice award, and the novel dora. She is the author of the small backs of joan that won the ken kesey award at the oregon book awards in 2016 and the book of joan.
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Lidia yuknavitchs love letter to fellow misfits psychology. Lidia yuknavitch is a proud misfit, but it took a long time to accept and appreciate her misfittery. Even at the moment of your failure, you are beautiful, she says. The misfits manifesto by lidia yuknavitch 1,064 ratings, 3. This adapted excerpt was taken from the misfits manifesto, by lidia yuknavitch. She wont tell you how to stop being a misfitquite the opposite.
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