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Lena Dunham On Sex, Oversharing And Writing About Lost 'Girls'

Lena Dunham's new collection of personal essays about her relationships, friendships and obsessive-compulsive disorder has received rave reviews. Autumn de Wilde/Courtesy of Random House hide caption

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Author Interviews

Lena Dunham On Sex, Oversharing And Writing About Lost 'Girls'

Dunham says when she started writing HBO's Girls, she was drawn to characters with "a bit of a Zelda Fitzgerald lost, broken woman quality." Her new essay collection is called Not That Kind of Girl.

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Author Interviews

Lena Dunham On Sex, Oversharing And Writing About Lost 'Girls'

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