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Toni Volk

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Toni Volk grew up in Montana, earned a BA in journalism from the University of Montana and an MFA from the Iowa Writers Workshop where she received a James A. Michener Fellowship. She is the author of Montana Women and Maybe in Missoula. Her short fiction has appeared in Redzine Magazine and CURA.


Straight From the Heart

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.                                                                                                   — Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"The 'heart' and 'mind' are parts of consciousness, and can be likened to the left-brain and right-brain qualities," says Chris Nelson in a paper he’s published (see link below.)  "

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Montana Women: A Novel

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Maybe in Missoula

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