She published her first collection of short stories, Barbara the Slut and Other People in 2015. Holmes was raised in the Hudson Valley in New York. She attended Wellesley College as an undergraduate, and received her MFA from Hunter College. Her work has appeared in Granta. Holmes cites Tracy Kidder, Barbara Demick, and Adrian Nicole LeBlanc as influences. She began work on the collection in 2009.
She published her first collection of short stories, Barbara the Slut and Other People in 2015.
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
she
She
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PRP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
publish
published
VERB
VBD
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
her
her
PRON
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amod
Degree=Pos|NumType=Ord
first
first
ADJ
JJ
obj
Number=Sing
collection
collection
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case
of
of
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IN
amod
Degree=Pos
short
short
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JJ
nmod
Number=Plur
story
stories
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NNS
punct
,
,
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,
conj
Number=Sing
Barbara
Barbara
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det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
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DT
conj
Number=Sing
Slut
Slut
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NNP
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
amod
Degree=Pos
other
Other
ADJ
NNP
conj
Number=Plur
People
People
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NNPS
case
in
in
ADP
IN
obl
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
2015
2015
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CD
punct
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.
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.
Holmes was raised in the Hudson Valley in New York.
nsubj:pass
Number=Sing
Holmes
Holmes
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aux:pass
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
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Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
raise
raised
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VBN
case
in
in
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IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
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DT
compound
Number=Sing
Hudson
Hudson
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obl
Number=Sing
Valley
Valley
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case
in
in
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IN
nmod
Degree=Pos
New
New
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flat
Number=Sing
York
York
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punct
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.
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.
She attended Wellesley College as an undergraduate, and received her MFA from Hunter College.
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Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
she
She
PRON
PRP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
attend
attended
VERB
VBD
compound
Number=Sing
Wellesley
Wellesley
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obj
Number=Sing
College
College
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NNP
case
as
as
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IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
an
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DT
obl
Number=Sing
undergraduate
undergraduate
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NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
cc
and
and
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CC
conj
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
receive
received
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VBD
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
her
her
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PRP$
obj
Number=Sing
mfa
MFA
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NN
case
from
from
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IN
compound
Number=Sing
Hunter
Hunter
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NNP
obl
Number=Sing
College
College
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NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
Her work has appeared in Granta.
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
her
Her
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PRP$
nsubj
Number=Sing
work
work
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NN
aux
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
have
has
AUX
VBZ
root
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
appear
appeared
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VBN
case
in
in
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
Granta
Granta
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punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
Holmes cites Tracy Kidder, Barbara Demick, and Adrian Nicole LeBlanc as influences.
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Holmes
Holmes
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NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
cite
cites
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VBZ
obj
Number=Sing
Tracy
Tracy
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NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Kidder
Kidder
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
conj
Number=Sing
Barbara
Barbara
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Demick
Demick
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NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Sing
Adrian
Adrian
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NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Nicole
Nicole
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
LeBlanc
LeBlanc
PROPN
NNP
case
as
as
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Plur
influence
influences
NOUN
NNS
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
She began work on the collection in 2009.
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
she
She
PRON
PRP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
begin
began
VERB
VBD
obj
Number=Sing
work
work
NOUN
NN
case
on
on
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
collection
collection
NOUN
NN
case
in
in
ADP
IN
obl
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
2009
2009
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CD
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.