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Tawny Lara is the author of Dry Humping: A Guide to Dating, Relating, and Hooking Up Without the Booze and co-author of The Sobriety Deck.

She co-founded the non-alc botanical spirit (parentheses) teaches virtual courses about writing, publishing, and media strategy.

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	Sex and the Single Woman: 24 Writers Reimagine Helen Gurley Brown's Cult Classic by Eliza Smith (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Haley Swanson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Brooke Hauser (Contributor) 3.81 avg rating — 421 ratings — published 2022 — 7 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
	Dry Humping: A Guide to Dating, Relating, and Hooking Up Without the Booze 3.91 avg rating — 136 ratings — 5 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 Addiction Diaries: Stories of Darkness, Hope and All That Falls in Between by Anna David (Goodreads Author) (Editor & Introduction), Jennifer Lovely, Jacq Maren 3.69 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2020 — 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 Sobriety Deck: Simple Practices for a Booze-Free Lifestyle by Tawny Lara (Goodreads Author), Lisa Smith (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 2 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
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Marcel Duchamp: The Afternoon Interviews

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