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Ray Lacina

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Ray Lacina is an English prof at a two-year college in Michigan. He got into the profession because he loves to write, and then discovered that he loves teaching as well. His first poem: “I like birds and they like me/but I live in a house and they live in a tree.”

Clearly destined for greatness from the start, Ray later went on to complete his Ph.D. in American Literature at the University of Toronto, and began his formal teaching career in Saudi Arabia (after brief excursions into corporate Canada), before landing his current gig in 2002.

Throughout, he has returned again and again to his love for writing, eventually moving from ornithological verse to "I'm T.S. Eliot. Seriously. T.S. Eliot" verse to fiction, both speculative and mainstream ...more

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	A Kaleidoscope of Stories - Muslim Voices in Contemporary Poetry by R.S. Spiker (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Asma Khan (Subeditor), Medina Tenour Whiteman (Subeditor) 4.71 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Visle War 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — 4 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
	A Perfect Season: A Ramadan Journal it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
	Washington Irving and Islam: Critical Essays by Zubeda Jalalzai (editor), Michael Stevens (Contributor), Jeffrey Einboden (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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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In Defense of the Man Babies: On the 13th Doctor and the Power of Story

On Sunday afternoon, the second hand on the Doomsday Clock seems to have clicked a few milliseconds closer to midnight when the BBC announced that Jodi Whittaker would be next to take up the sonic screwdriver.

The 13th Doctor is going to be a woman.

To put it lightly, some fans have expressed concern. Others have pointed out that maybe regenerating as a woman isn’t the most unbelievable thing in a s

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City of Dragons (Rain Wild Chronicles, #3)

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Reminiscent of Early King This was a terrific read — Vande Zande has created flawed, very human characters whose personal struggles make us care about them even as they face the supernatural monstrosity that shatters their lives. Isaac, the protagonis ...more
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