boxfish
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Kathleen Rooney is the author of “Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk” and, most recently, “Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey.”
From Seattle Times • Jan. 27, 2022
Kathleen Rooney is the author, most recently, of the novels “Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk” and “The Listening Room: A Novel of Georgette and Loulou Magritte.”
From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2018
Lillian Boxfish was once the highest-paid female copywriter in the country, and a popular light-verse poet who published several books.
From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2017
The year 1984 is coming to a close and 85-year-old Lillian Boxfish decides to take a walk through New York City.
From Time • Jan. 15, 2017
Boxfish spend their days flitting about in complex reef habitats, full of narrow crevices and pockets between branches of coral, necessitating a high degree of maneuverability.
From Slate • Mar. 11, 2015
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