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Jen Ashburn

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Jen Ashburn is the author The Light on the Wall (Main Street Rag, 2016).

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	Channel (Issue 3) by Cassia Gaden Gilmartin (Editor), Elizabeth Murtough (Editor), Jen Ashburn (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping

by Matthew Salesses (Goodreads Author)

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Donegal Tarantella

by Moya Cannon

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Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman

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Jen Ashburn recommended Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052–2072 to Jason Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052–2072 by M.E. O'Brien (Goodreads Author)	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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I liked the concept of this book, and especially appreciated the ekphrastic poems. Many of the collaborative poems pushed the initiating concepts pretty far (maybe that's the way collaborations tend to work). Lots of compelling imagery and sounds thr ...more
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Jen Ashburn wants to read Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee in Readers' Favorite Memoir	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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