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As featured on NPR and Medium, Jeffrey Dunn is a critically acclaimed author and award-winning teacher. His works of cultural fiction include the Washington State Book Award-nominated Radio Free Olympia, his upcoming Wildcat, An Appalachian Romance as well as Whiskey Rebel, the surreal Dream Fishing the Little Spokane, and his poetry collection Hubcap Collection Plate. His Ph.D. in English literature and cultural studies laid the foundation for his 41-year teaching career of addressing student learning issues and implementing educational programs at the local, state, and national levels. Embracing his dyslexia as a gift, this dream fisher and history miner roams the woods whenever possible.

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Jeffrey Dunn I am currently preparing to promote my novel Radio Free Olympia, scheduled to be released October 10.
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I am currently preparing to promote my novel Radio Free Olympia, scheduled to be released October 10.
I am also preparing for publication my next two novels, Whiskey Rebel and Wildcat, An Appalachian Romance.
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Yes, this is a Native American autobiography, but it is so much more. My best analogy is that Gansworth's book is sculptural. He has taken memory, and, yes, tells his coming of age story, but he also uses his raw psychic material and refashions it as ...more
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My neighbor, a retired Whitworth University professor, gifted me this book because it was a favorite that he thought important to share with his classes and because he thought I would enjoy this book in the same way he did. He was right.

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