The Invented Life of Kitty Duncan
What can reckless Kitty Duncan Benedict Roberts Duncan teach journalist Mo, her polar opposite, besides “loosen up”? Quite a lot, as it happens. In writing Kitty’s biography (complete with index), Mo sets out to uncover what makes a rebel tick.
Supporting cast: two ex-husbands, one poor, one rich; two boyfriends, one Communist, one psychotic; a daughter named Caesar; a mother named Phyllis; a sister-in-law named Peewee; firemen; detectives; psychiatrists; politicians and the wives of same; bad coffee; tanning oil; married student housing; a GTO convertible; a beach motel in winter.
This is a revised edition of the novel first published in 2006 by Chiasmus Press.
A North Carolina native, Kat Meads is the author of six novels (one written as Z.K. Burrus), three essay collections, two short fiction collections, an epistolary memoir and a hybrid fiction. She has also published several chapbooks of poetry and prose. Her short plays have been produced in New York, Los Angeles, Berkeley, Toronto (Canada) and elsewhere.
Her writing has been recognized by two Independent Publisher (IPPY) medals, an NEA fellowship, a California Artist fellowship and two Silicon Valley artist grants.
A five-time Foreword Reviews Book of the Year finalist, she has received five Best American Essays Notable citations and writer residencies at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Yaddo, Millay, Blue Mountain Center and Montalvo Center for the Arts.
She lives in California.