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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
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Herald Times, May 7, 2012
...MANITOWOC — "The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food and Love" by Kristin Kimball has been selected for the Manitowoc Public Library's May 17 book discussion. The discussion will begin at 6 p.m. in the Balkansky Community Room on the second...
Buffalo News, April 12, 2012
...Search The Gusto BlogRecent Posts Stay Informed Topic-specific e-mails each day Text and e-mail notices of new stories...
Buffalo News, April 11, 2012
...Kristin Kimball, author of memoir "The Dirty Life," the April selection of The Buffalo News Book Club, will take questions from readers at 11 a.m. Thursday...
Charleston Daily Mail, March 5, 2012
...these also available in e-book format.) "The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food, and Love," by Kristin Kimball. A Manhattan journalist walks away from life in the city to start a cooperative farm in upstate New York with a farmer she interviewed for a...
North Reading Patch, February 23, 2012
...this year's North Reading Reads book, The Dirty Life: a Memoir of Farming, Food, and Love, by Kristin Kimball. 42.574514 -71.076419 primary March 6, 2012 / April 3, 2012 / May 1, 2012, 7:00 pm–9:00 pm Flint Memorial Library 147 Park St, North Reading...
Library Journal, February 21, 2012
...cast, Blackstone Audio BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR Bossypants , by Tina Fey, Narrated by Tina Fey, Hachette Audio The Dirty Life , by Kristin Kimball, Narrated by Tavia Gilbert, Tantor Audio Here Comes Trouble , by Michael Moore, Narrated by Michael...
Oak Park Leaves, December 22, 2011
...city-dweller to dream of country life. One of my favorite books from 2010 is the story of a Kristin Kimball, a woman who made the jump from dreaming to doing. “The Dirty Life: On Farming Food and Love” chronicles Kimball’s infatuation and marriage...
North Reading Patch, February 23, 2012
...this year's North Reading Reads book, The Dirty Life: a Memoir of Farming, Food, and Love, by Kristin Kimball. 42.574514 -71.076419 primary March 6, 2012 / April 3, 2012 / May 1, 2012, 7:00 pm–9:00 pm Flint Memorial Library 147 Park St, North Reading...
North Reading Patch, February 23, 2012
...by Steve Swartz and selected readings from  The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food, and Love , by Kristin Kimball. Bring a favorite dessert to share. 5. Stump trivia. Head to the  Great American Tavern  at 8 p.m. for a game of trivia...
Library Journal, February 21, 2012
...cast, Blackstone Audio BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR Bossypants , by Tina Fey, Narrated by Tina Fey, Hachette Audio The Dirty Life , by Kristin Kimball, Narrated by Tavia Gilbert, Tantor Audio Here Comes Trouble , by Michael Moore, Narrated by Michael...
PublishersWeekly.com, February 20, 2012
...cast, Blackstone Audio BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR Bossypants, by Tina Fey, Narrated by Tina Fey, Hachette Audio The Dirty Life, by Kristin Kimball, Narrated by Tavia Gilbert, Tantor Audio Here Comes Trouble, by Michael Moore, Narrated by Michael Moore, Hachette...
Boston Globe, February 16, 2012
...of North Reading, as well as selected readings from this year’s chosen book. North Reading is reading Kristin Kimball’s “The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food, and Love,’’ which tells the tale of Essex Farm’s humble beginnings. Kimball, a...
North Reading Patch, February 14, 2012
...There will also be selected readings from The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food, and Love, by Kristin Kimball, the North Reading Reads 2012 title. You're invited to bring a favorite dessert to share. Sponsored by the Friends. 42.574514 -71.076419...
East Brunswick Patch, February 8, 2012
...systems for human health and sustainable communities. Optional Reading: The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food and Love, by Kristin Kimball. Refreshments will be served, bring your own mug. Visit www.friendsebec.com for more information. 40.418073 -74.420446...