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	A Different Beat: Writing by Women of the Beat Generation (High Risk Books) 4.11 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 1997 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Conversations with Gore Vidal (Literary Conversations Series) by Richard Peabody (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lucinda Ebersole (Editor), Gore Vidal 4.06 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alice Redux: New Stories of Alice, Lewis and Wonderland by Richard Peabody (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Doug Rice (Goodreads Author) 3.65 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I'm in Love With the Morton Salt Girl 4.11 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1979 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gargoyle 57 by Richard Peabody (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Corey Mesler (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Peter Tieryas (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.31 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Common Sense Of drinking 4.13 avg rating — 16 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Richard Peabody Reader by Richard Peabody (Goodreads Author), Michael Dirda (Introduction), Lucinda Ebersole (Editor) 4.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blue Suburban Skies 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Enhanced Gravity: More Fiction by Washington Area Women 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kiss the Sky: Fiction & Poetry Starring Jimi Hendrix by Richard Peabody (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Doug Rice (Goodreads Author), Matt Agosta 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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On the Subject of Unmentionable Things

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message 1: by Jessica

Mar 31, 2008 12:37AM

Hey Richard! welcome to GR...nice to see you here! How goes Gargoyle?
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