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I write.
Sometimes I even like how it turns out.
What Lara Lillibridge Got Out Of Being on the Debutante Ball
Tue Jun 05 2018
I feel like women writers have this super power—the support of other women writers. Applications for Deb Class of 2019 are now open! View at thedebutanteball »
Interview with Sue William Silverman
Sat Jun 02 2018
I was introduced to Sue William Silverman's work in grad school. Her work was intrinsic to my development as a writer, both on a craft level, and also in terms of subject matter—she wrote about the forbidden, something I knew I wanted to do. View at thedebutanteball »
The Writer Lara Lillibridge is Currently Fangirling Over
Tue May 29 2018
Writers are my movie stars. View at thedebutanteball »
WXXI Interview
Mon May 28 2018
WATCH: Author Lara Lillibridge on NEED TO KNOW with Hélène Biandudi Hofer View at wxxinews »
How I became a Hockey Mom against my Better Judgement
Thu May 24 2018
I hadn’t intended on becoming a hockey mother. View at modernparentsmessykids »
Technology I Can't Live Without —Boy, am I Privileged
Tue May 22 2018
I could really live without most all technology if I had to—except for my laptop. View at thedebutanteball »
How to Write Useful Book Reviews
Wed May 16 2018
It turns out, ignoring a book is one of the worst things you can do for it—so what do you do if you don’t love a book but don’t want to punish the writer with your silence? View at thedebutanteball »
EMPTY CLOSET: Girlish – Growing Up in a Lesbian Home | Interview with Lara Lillibridge
Tue May 15 2018
The Empty Closet had a chance to chat with Lillibridge before her April release. (Author's Note: I never said house maid. I said house mate but it was over the phone.) View at gayalliance »
Why we need to break the silence around domestic violence in LGBTQ families
Tue May 08 2018
As a child of lesbian parents, I felt like I needed to be normal, well adjusted and heterosexual. View at washingtonpost »
WASHINGTON POST: Why we need to break the silence around domestic violence in LGBTQ families
Tue May 08 2018
There were so few visible lesbian families that I knew that confessing my family problems would reflect negatively on the whole queer community, people who were constantly struggling to be seen as equal to their heterosexual counterparts. View at washingtonpost »
My Various Entry Points into THE ONES WE CHOOSE
Tue May 08 2018
A good story allows the reader to enter it from multiple vantage points. THE ONES WE CHOOSE is not just a good story, but an amazing story that will linger long after you put it down. It is truly one of my favorite books of the year, maybe because I engaged with the book on multiple levels. View at thedebutanteball »
Self Promotion—Awkward Yet Necessary
Tue May 01 2018
I desperately want that one reader who has never seen anything resembling his or her family in a book to find Girlish and feel a little less alone in the world. And they will never find it without promotion. View at thedebutanteball »