Zoe Trope

Zoe Trope

Zoe Trope (born 1986) is the pseudonym of a self-described pomosexual (bisexualcitation |date=November, 2003 |periodical=Bookslut |url=http://www.bookslut.com/nonfiction/2003_11_000974.php |title=Please Don't Kill the Freshman by Zoe Trope |first=Liz |last=Miller] ) teenage writer from Portland, Oregon. [cite web |url=http://www.powells.com/authors/trope.html |title=Please Don't Kill the Memoirist: Zoe Trope Speaks |accessdate=2007-01-07]

Her 2003 book "" was released to much critical acclaim. Her writing was praised not for its maturity, but rather its lack thereof. Consequently many critics feel a mild antipathy towards the famously anonymous teenager.

She fast became a local literary icon, touring the country and being the subject of numerous feature articles. Zoe Trope graduated from high-school early, with the class of 2003. She graduated from Oberlin College in 2007.

Works

*"Please Don't Kill the Freshman", Harper Tempest, ISBN: 0060529369

References

External links

* Zoe Trope's [http://www.zoe-trope.com blog] .
* [http://scenemissingmagazine.com/article/?p=1034 Scene Missing Magazine Interviews Zoe Trope]


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