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Domenica Ruta

Domenica Ruta
Born Danvers, Massachusetts
Occupation Writer
Nationality American
Alma mater Phillips Academy
Oberlin College
University of Texas at Austin
Genre Memoir
Subject Addiction, family relationships
Notable works With or Without You
Website
www.domenicaruta.com

Domenica Ruta is an American author. Ruta's first book, the memoir With or Without You, is a New York Times Best Seller.

Ruta was born in Danvers, Massachusetts to unwed teenage parents. She attended Phillips Academy and Oberlin College. Ruta holds a Master of Fine Arts from the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin.

Ruta's memoir, With or Without You, was published on February 26, 2013. It chronicles Ruta's difficult relationship with her drug-addicted mother, as well as Ruta's own struggle with alcoholism.

She teaches memoir writing and creative nonfiction for Gotham Writers Workshop in New York City.



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