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Katie Kitamura may regret taking New York Magazine's bait
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Katie Kitamura may regret taking New York Magazine's bait

What do we gain from knowing the novelist 'can't live without' her $24 Clinique Pop Plush lip gloss and her 'obscenely priced' hair clips?

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Katie Kitamura has had the kind of publicity for her fifth novel, Audition, that makes other writers weak with envy: a book tour, over-the-top reviews, and an interview in The New Yorker. So you might wonder why she felt she needed to grab more by telling New York Magazine’s Strategist pages about 15 items sh…

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