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Joseph Grantham

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Joseph Grantham is the author of Tom Sawyer (CCM Press, 2018) and Raking Leaves (Holler Presents, 2019). He lives in America.

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Tom Sawyer

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Raking Leaves

4.48 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2019
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A great collection, “The Burglars” and “The Hunter Brinkley Report” being the highlights for me.

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The Overstory by Richard Powers
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Death College and Other Poems by Tom Veitch
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‘AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL POEM

“Hours of boredom punctuated
by moments of stark terror.”’


‘CATS CLIMB TREES

Cats climb trees because they are
Afraid of Dogs.
My dog was not afraid of me,
So I never climbed any trees.
Twenty years ago this happened.
Since then my dog
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Personal Effects by Charlotte   Carter
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Weekend in Dinlock by Clancy Sigal
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