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Sasha Newborn

Goodreads Author

Born

in Mason City, Iowa, The United States

Website

http://www.bandannabooks.com

Twitter

B00kdoc

Genre

Classics, Spirituality, Gay and Lesbian

Influences

Bill Richardson, small press publishers ...more

Member Since

January 2013

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/BirdieQ

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Editor-publisher Bandanna Books 1981-present
Partner in Mudborn Press 1975-1981
Designer/typesetter Black Sparrow 1975-2003
Radio producer 1977-1983
Freelance writer New York City 1968-1973
Editor Middle Earth newspaper 1966-1967
Peace Corps teacher Tanzania 1963-1965

Currently semi-retired in Santa Barbara. Hiker, biker, snorkeler, "book doc," publisher ...more

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Starting all over again

It’s been a long time since my last post (sorry about that). So long that I had to revive the WordPress connection to my website www.bandannabooks.com. In the interim I’ve been busy, but also somewhat withdrawing from my usual work-aholic … Continue reading →

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	Dante and His Circle, with Dante's Vita Nuova by Sasha Newborn (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Dante Gabriel Rossetti (Translator), Dante Alighieri 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1993	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 Merchant of Venice Director's Playbook by Sasha Newborn (Goodreads Author) (editor), Rachel Burke (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012	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
	First Person Intense: A Prose Anthology by Sasha Newborn (Goodreads Author), Richard Grayson, Fielding Dawson 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1978 — 3 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 Basement: A Novel of the Sixties by Sasha Newborn (Goodreads Author), Stanley Goldstein (Illustrator), Graham Mackintosh (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1978	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 Beechers Through the Nineteenth Century it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011 — 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
	Italian for Opera Lovers 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1994	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
	Yiddish, you say? Nu?: A Yiddish Wordbook really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014 — 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
	Italian for Opera Lovers: Dictionary 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1994 — 3 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
	Eight 2 Two 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	French for Food Lovers 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013	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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