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Kristin Kimball

Kristin Kimball
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Kristin Kimball

Kristin Kimball is a farmer and a writer living in northern New York. Prior to farming, Kimball worked as a freelance writer, writing teacher, and as an assistant to a literary agent in New York City. A graduate of Harvard University, she and her husband Mark have run Essex Farm since 2003, where they live with their two daughters.

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The Dirty Life is now available in Trade Paperback
Apr 12, 2011
The Dirty Life will be released on April 12, 2011 in Trade Paperback
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Buffalo News, April 1, 2013
...Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht April: The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food and Love by Kristin Kimball May: The Submission by Amy Waldman June: The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and the world of Literary...
Minnesota Public Radio, December 31, 2012
..."Giants in the Earth" Kristen Iverson "Full Body Burden" Don Miguel "Four Agreements" Elizabeth Wein "Code Name Verity" Kristin Kimball "The Dirty Life" Ian McEwan "Sweet Tooth" Ian Rankin "The Complaints" Jack Kerouac "On The Road" Katherine Boo "Behind...
Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, October 15, 2012
...On the spectrum of major lifestyle changes, Kristin Kimball’s move has to qualify as extreme. She left a rent-controlled apartment in New York City, a career as a freelance writer and all the comforts and excitement of...
Scribd, October 4, 2012
...Download or Print Add To Collection 5 Reads 0 Readcasts 0 Embed Views This is a private document. Search TIP Press Ctrl-F⌘F to search anywhere in the document. Info and Rating Category: Uncategorized. Rating: Upload Date: ...
Times Union, August 8, 2012
...nonfiction books are "'The Art of Racing in the Rain" by Garth Stein, "The Dirty Life" by Kristin Kimball, "The Inheritance of Loss" by Kiran Desai, "The Monsters of Templeton" by Lauren Groff and "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers. The books, which were chosen by...
Times Union, August 8, 2012
...nonfiction books are "'The Art of Racing in the Rain" by Garth Stein, "The Dirty Life" by Kristin Kimball, "The Inheritance of Loss" by Kiran Desai, "The Monsters of Templeton" by Lauren Groff and "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers. The books, which were chosen by...
Shorewood Patch, July 8, 2012
...Library, Sussex Signs of Life, by Natalie Taylor Switch, by Dan and Chip Heath The Dirty Life, by Kristin Kimball Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake, by Anna Quindlen This I Believe and This I Believe II (audiobooks) Mountains Beyond Mountains,...
Wicked Local Brookline, January 16, 2013
...is with the Public Library of Brookline. “The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food and Love,” by Kristin Kimball has been selected for Brookline Reads, the annual initiative to get the community to read a single book. The book is about a young...
Brookline Patch, January 16, 2013
...to reduce, reuse and recycle products like clothes, sports equipment, building material as well as recyclable waste. Author Kristin Kimball will be speaking on at the Main Library from 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, January 31. This event is the...
Wicked Local Brookline, January 15, 2013
...in honor of Brookline Reads 2013 selection, “The Dirty Life, a Memoir of Farming, Food and Love,” by Kristin Kimball. Bring the family and join the Brookline artists who created the exhibit on Tuesday, Jan. 29, from 5-7 p.m. Children will have an...
Brookline Patch, January 8, 2013
...361 Washington St, Brookline, MA | Get Directions » FREE Meet Kristin Kimball, author of this year’s Brookline Reads selection,The Dirty Life, a Memoir of Farming, Food and Love and learn firsthand about changes in her life and her and...
Wicked Local Brookline, January 2, 2013
...community-wide book reading. The book selection is “The Dirty Life, a Memoir of Farming, Food and Love,” by Kristin Kimball. If you have ever been curious about the life and work of farmers or wondered about their love of the land and its bounty,...
Minnesota Public Radio, December 31, 2012
..."Giants in the Earth" Kristen Iverson "Full Body Burden" Don Miguel "Four Agreements" Elizabeth Wein "Code Name Verity" Kristin Kimball "The Dirty Life" Ian McEwan "Sweet Tooth" Ian Rankin "The Complaints" Jack Kerouac "On The Road" Katherine Boo "Behind...
Wicked Local Brookline, December 31, 2012
...Library of Brookline invite everyone to read “The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food and Love,” by Kristin Kimball. The memoir chronicles Kimball’s and her husband, Mark’s, visionary plan to grow all the food a local community might need. ...