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Jen Ashburn

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Poetry, Nonfiction

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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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