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Bethany Powell

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Fantasy, Poetry, Young Adult

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Bethany Powell writes speculative poetry and fiction. She lives in Western Massachusetts and works at the Odyssey Bookshop as both bookseller and Mount Holyoke College Store coordinator.

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	Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk and Eco-Speculation by Phoebe Wagner (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Brontë Christopher Wieland (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Andrew Dincher (Foreword) 3.62 avg rating — 436 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Ember: A Journal of Luminous Things Vol I, Issue 2 by Brian James Lewis (Editor), Renee Carter Hall (Goodreads Author), Bethany Powell (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2015 — 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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The Wings Upon Her Back

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“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
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“You fought and fought to keep all the cruelty locked up in your head, and for what? None of them ever loved you, because none of them ever knew you”
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