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I come from Des Moines. Someone had to.

I was born in New York City but grew up across the Hudson River in Alpine, New Jersey.

I was born in New York.

I was born in Ann Arbor. I lived for a while in Ohio; Pennsylvania, California for 10 years, and now in Boston. And I lived in Iowa for a couple of years, where I studied at the Writers Workshop.

I was born in Queens, New York, which is a suburb of New York City.

I grew up in Washington State and then eventually found my way back to Iowa City for grad school.