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Kate Carroll de Gutes

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Kate's debut collection of essays, Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear, won the 2016 Oregon Book Award for creative nonfiction and the Lambda Literary Award for memoir.

Her second book, The Authenticity Experiment: Lessons From the Best & Worst Year of My Life , was released in September 2017 by Two Sylvias Press.

Kate holds an MFA from the Rainier Writing Workshop, where she received the Deborah Tall Fellowship for Lyric Essay. That sounds really fancy and impressive, doesn’t it? Really it means she’ll have student loans until she is 72 years old and that all her liberal arts education makes her fascinating at dinner parties and book clubs. You should invite her and see for yourself. Kate will be charming and just may show u ...more

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I appreciated your comment (when you were speaking in Sacramento) about ending a piece without needing to tie it all up with a great big ol' bow -- even though I know you can rock a bowtie! Now, having read [see my review posted here] your collection, I see and appreciate what you meant. Sometimes, it can just end, leaving the reader to listen to the echoes. Know what I mean?

Kate Carroll de Gutes I'm so slow to respond to this, but yes. The reader can just hear echoes and it often lets them insert themselves better into the story, imagining how…moreI'm so slow to respond to this, but yes. The reader can just hear echoes and it often lets them insert themselves better into the story, imagining how they might feel in the situation. Thanks for reviewing and glad you liked the book.(less)

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I won this book in Goodreads on July 19th and to date have not received my copy. Thanks so much. Can you check and see what has happened to it? Diane Jackson

Kate Carroll de Gutes Hey, Diane--

Your book was literally just returned to me two weeks ago with a "moved, left no forwarding address" sticker on it. If you give me your ad…moreHey, Diane--

Your book was literally just returned to me two weeks ago with a "moved, left no forwarding address" sticker on it. If you give me your address again, I'll certainly mail you another one. You can email me directly through my website at www.katecarrolldegutes.com

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	Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear 4.34 avg rating — 115 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
	The Authenticity Experiment 4.24 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2017 — 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

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The Authenticity Experiment, the Julian of Norwich edition. For as long as I can remember, during difficult times, the Woman Who Gives Me Stories In Lieu of Advice has repeated to me, All shall be all and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.

This is what Julian of Norwichan anchoritesaid to parishioners as the Black Death of 1348 ravaged the town of Norwich and killed mor

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