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Caleb Tankersley

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Caleb Tankersley's debut story collection Sin Eaters won the 2021 Permafrost Book Prize. He is also the author of the poetry chapbook Jesus Works the Night Shift His stories, poems, essays, and reviews appear in Carve, The Cimarron Review, Hobart, Pacifica Literary Review, Puerto del Sol, and other magazines. He has won the Wabash Prize in Fiction from Sycamore Review and the Big Sky, Small Prose contest from CutBank. He is currently the Managing Director for Split/Lip Press. He lives with his partner Richie in Seattle. ...more

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	Sin Eaters: Stories (Permafrost Prize Series) 4.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — 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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What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours

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May 08, 2010 11:11AM

tadpole wrote: "Oh wow, you added a picture! When did that happen?"
very recently. I've been getting much more active on goodreads the last few weeks, as I anticipate using it quite frequently once I'm out of school and have real time on my hands to read. (I've been working on this Best American Short Stories book for months!)

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