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Gavin Paul studied English Literature at the University of Lethbridge and the University of British Columbia. He now teaches at UBC and Kwantlen Polytechnic University. He lives in Surrey, British Columbia, with his wife, two children, and dog (named after a famous Elizabethan playwright--no, not Shakespeare). His creative non-fiction has been regularly featured on Medium.com.
He has recently published Conspiracy of One, a collection of short fiction, and The Coward, a collection of personal essays.

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	The Coward: Reading, Memory, Fragments it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 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
	Conspiracy of One: a collection of short stories 4.67 avg rating — 3 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
	Growing Old in the Anthropocene it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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
	Shakespeare and the Imprints of Performance (History of Text Technologies) by J. Gavin Paul, Gavin Paul (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2014 — 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

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The Antidote

by Karen Russell (Goodreads Author)

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Poor People

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The Sun Also Rises

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