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Robin Rinaldi has been a newspaper and magazine journalist for seventeen years. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Oprah Magazine, and Yoga Journal, among others. She has been the executive editor of 7x7, a San Francisco lifestyle magazine, and written an award-winning food column for Philadelphia Weekly. She lives in Los Angeles.

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Robin Rinaldi I'm currently finishing up a long magazine essay on the slut-shaming I experienced after my memoir was released. After that, I'm exploring several ide鈥辞谤别I'm currently finishing up a long magazine essay on the slut-shaming I experienced after my memoir was released. After that, I'm exploring several ideas for a second book.(less)

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Hi. You mention classic literature several times in your memoir (George Eliot, Lao Tzu, Dostoyevsky...). Which books and authors were/are important in your life?

Robin Rinaldi Hi Justin. I tend to go back and forth between classic and modern authors. My two favorite classic authors are Tolstoy and George Eliot, both for the 鈥辞谤别Hi Justin. I tend to go back and forth between classic and modern authors. My two favorite classic authors are Tolstoy and George Eliot, both for the same reason: I consider them masters of the psychological. I could re-read "Anna Karenina" endlessly and still be amazed at how slowly and patiently Tolstoy builds the complete worlds of Anna and Levin and uses them for contrast. And when I first read Eliot's "Middlemarch," I dog-eared every tenth page for some long brilliant paragraph illuminating human relationships and expectations. I'm also a huge fan of Kundera, Franzen, and most recently, Elena Ferrante. I've spent the last few months reading everything she's ever written. Her books are fiercely honest accounts of womanhood. Thanks for asking!(less)

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	The Wild Oats Project 3.30 avg rating — 1,366 ratings — published 2015 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ballet by Robin Rinaldi (欧宝娱乐 Author), Jacques D'Amboise (Foreword) 4.05 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2003 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La parenth猫se incandescente (RECITS) by Robin Rinaldi (欧宝娱乐 Author), Florianne Vidal (Translator) 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	European Dance: Ireland, Poland, Spain and Greece by Robin Rinaldi (欧宝娱乐 Author) (editor), Jacques D'Amboise (Foreword) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2003 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moon MapGuide San Francisco 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Parenth猫se incandescente (extrait) (RECITS) by Robin Rinaldi (欧宝娱乐 Author), Florianne Vidal (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	European Dance: Ireland, Poland, Spain and Greece by Robin Rinaldi (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Editor), Elizabeth A. Hanley (Editor), Jacques D'Amboise (Foreword) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	EUROPEAN DANCE, 2ND EDITION (World of Dance (Chelsea House Library)) by Robin Rinaldi (2010-05-30) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wild Oats Project: One Woman's Midlife Quest for Passion at Any Cost by Robin Rinaldi (欧宝娱乐 Author), Kate Udall (narrator), Macmillan Audio (publisher) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“I鈥檇 have given anything to be thirty-two again, with ten years of healthy eggs left in my womb, for in my mind, regardless of child-bearing, that biological marker formed the dividing line between the first half of life, when every moment thrilled with potential, and the second half, when even the best moments harbored a seed of loss.”
― Robin Rinaldi, The Wild Oats Project

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“T. S. Eliot鈥檚 Four Quartets, William Blake鈥檚鈥淧roverbs of Hell,鈥� and Walt Whitman鈥檚 Song of Myself. I”
― Robin Rinaldi, The Wild Oats Project: One Woman's Midlife Quest for Passion at Any Cost

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