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Terry Tierney

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Terry Tierney hails from the Midwest, but has planted roots in the San Francisco Bay Area. After serving in the Seabees, he completed his BA and MA at Binghamton University, and earned a PhD in Victorian Literature at Emory University. He taught college composition and creative writing courses, and survived several Silicon Valley startups as a software engineer. Tierney’s work has appeared in over fifty publications. His poetry collection, The Poet's Garage, will be published in May by Unsolicited Press. His irreverent Vietnam-era road novel Lucky Ride (Unsolicited Press), is set to release in 2022. ...more

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Lucky Ride

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The Poet's Garage

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The Bridge on Beer River

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Why Trees Stay Outside

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Jesus Land by Julia Scheeres
Jesus Land: A Memoir
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Having grown up on the outer edge of the Minneapolis suburbs, the rich Midwestern landscape described in the riveting memoir Jesus Land by Julia Scheeres recalls my childhood exploring country roads and farmland on my bicycle. But the bucolic scenery ...more
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The Women by Sommer Schafer
The Women
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The stories in Sommer Schafer’s debut collection, The Women, are both engaging and mind-bending. Each story features a different woman, and the author effectively uses magical realism to enhance our understanding of the characters. The narrative tone ...more
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California Dreaming by Lily Iona MacKenzie
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Poems Exploring Art and Resilience

California Dreaming by Lily Iona MacKenzie is an insightful and rewarding collection of poems artfully designed by Shanti Arts Publishing, known for their beautiful poetry books. These poems span both the greater wo
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“Reagan's been dead for years--a servo-operated cadaver and a tape machine.”
Terry Tierney, The Bridge on Beer River

“Making love near nutated African violets on the
last day of the world was a possibility we never discussed.”
Terry Tierney, The Bridge on Beer River

“Artie grins with his remaining teeth. "Beer River." "I thought the Susquehanna was Beer River. That's the Chenango." "Same difference. It looks like beer to me.”
Terry Tierney, The Bridge on Beer River

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