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Denise S. Robbins is from Madison, Wisconsin, the city where she grew up and to which she returned to after sixteen years living and working in climate activism on the East Coast. She lives with her husband in a yellow house circled by oaks and pines and two owls. Her stories have been published in literary journals including Barcelona Review, Gulf Coast Journal, and more. Read her work and get in touch at www.denisesrobbins.com. ...more

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	The Unmapping 3.17 avg rating — 972 ratings — published 2025 — 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
	Vastarien: Vol. 3, Issue 2 by Jon Padgett (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Harry O. Morris (Illustrator), Romana Lockwood (Contributor) 4.48 avg rating — 33 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
	Rising Tides: Climate Refugees in the Twenty-First Century by John R. Wennersten, Denise S. Robbins (Goodreads Author) 3.38 avg rating — 16 ratings — 6 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
	Mystery Weekly Magazine: March 2020 by Mystery Weekly Magazine, Kerry Carter (Editor), Scott Forbes Crawford (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 6 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

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Denise Robbins liked Marly’s status update Marly Beck did not finish Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates
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Denise Robbins liked Bennett LaFond's review of Outer Dark: "I thought McCarthy could never miss, other than the ridiculously cheesy last line of Suttree, but not only did he write an equally cheesy last line for Outer Dark, he wrote an entire novel that is all didactic themes with no character development and" Read more of this review »
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Fascinating. A look at the bureaucratic forces that dragged the US into the Vietnam War. For such a seemingly dry topic it's fantastically told. This is not a straight chronology, it's told through stories of the key figures of the JFK (and later LBJ ...more
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