Tangled Up in Blue is LL Brown’s first novel. She has made a living waitressing, inventorying frozen foods, selling costume jewelry, and building mobile homes. She finally settled ...view moreTangled Up in Blue is LL Brown’s first novel. She has made a living waitressing, inventorying frozen foods, selling costume jewelry, and building mobile homes. She finally settled on teaching English to high school students, an infinite source of wonder and good material. She previously published a short story, “Sifting Out the Hearts of Men,” in the anthology Best of All Flesh. Her second book, Big Two-Hearted Driveway: a Novel in Stories, will be published this fall.view less