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Patrick Thomas Henry is the author of the short story collection PRACTICE FOR BECOMING A GHOST (Susquehanna University Press, 2024), which was long-listed for The Story Prize and won the 2022 Northeast Modern Language Association Creative Writing Book Award. He is also the author of THE WORK OF THE LIVING: MODERNISM, THE ARTIST-CRITIC, AND THE PUBLIC CRAFT OF CRITICISM. His fiction and essays have appeared in West Branch online, Carolina Quarterly, LandLocked, Lake Effect, Passages North, North Dakota Quarterly, and many others. His work was also selected for inclusion in BEST MICROFICTION 2020. He is the fiction and poetry editor for the journal Modern Language Studies. He currently teaches creative writing at the University of North Dakot ...more

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	Best Microfiction 2020 by Meg Pokrass (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Gary Fincke (Editor), Michael Martone (Editor) 4.51 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Practice for Becoming a Ghost 4.89 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2024	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
	Musing the Margins: Essays on Craft by Audrey T. Carroll (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Contributor), Cooper Lee Bombardier (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Andrea J. Johnson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2020	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
	Passages North No. 40 by Jennifer A. Howard (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Christine G. Addams, Colette Arrand (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	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
	Sugar House Review #8: Spring/Summer '13 by Charles Harper Webb (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), William Neumire (Contributor), Judy Halebsky (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.33 avg rating — 3 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
	Sugar House Review #6: Spring/Summer '12 by Rio Cortez (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Mark Hendrickson (Contributor), Carl Phillips (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
	Sugar House Review #7: Fall/Winter '12 by Lyn Lifshin (Contributor), Jeff Hardin (Contributor), Charles Wyatt (Contributor) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 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
	Sugar House Review #9: Fall/Winter '13 by Jonathan Greenhause (Contributor), Susan Grimm (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Shangrila Willy (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
	The Work of the Living: Modernism, the Artist-Critic, and the Public Craft of Criticism 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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
	Practice for Becoming a Ghost: Stories 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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Patrick Henry liked Glenn E. Henry's review of Practice for Becoming a Ghost: "Great collection of unique of short stories! Each story has a different flavor, which keeps the collection fresh. My favorite story is "After the Mirages"."
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Patrick Henry and 1 other person liked Kim Swartz's review of Practice for Becoming a Ghost: "This is a collection of 16 stories. Some are only a few pages while the longest is 39. The specifics of each one are distinct and individually stand on their own. Ultimately they all seem to ask such universal questions as “Why are we here?”, “How di" Read more of this review »
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Patrick Henry and 3 other people liked Hannah's review of Practice for Becoming a Ghost: "Way to go, Dr. Henry :’) I would say any book that makes me feel like I might cry in front of my 9th graders is a 5-star read. "
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