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Rick Jackofsky

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	Window Seats - A Contemporary Anthology of Cat Haiku & Senryu by Stanford Forrester/seiko (Editor), Rick Jackofsky (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings	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
	Haiku 2022 by Lee Gurga (Editor), Scott Metz (Editor), Adjei Agyei-Baah (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 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
	Ragged but Right: The Ungentle Art of Clawhammer Banjo 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Scifaikuest February 2024 by Teri Santitoro (editor), Francis W. Alexander (Contributor), Wendy Van Camp (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2024	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
	Leading Edge, Issue 77 by Emily Davidson, Joshua Grasso, Allen Demir really liked it 4.00 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
	Bird Whistle by Stanford M. Forrester, Rick Jackofsky (Goodreads Author) (contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
	Scifaikuest November 2024 by Teri Santitoro (editor), aks, Colleen Anderson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor ) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2024	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
	Scifaikuest May 2025 by Teri Santitoro (Editor), Richard E. Schell (Contributor), Rita Melissano (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2025	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 Poetry of Jack Kerouac: Scattered Poems, The Scripture of the Golden Eternity, and Old Angel Midnight

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conspiracy theories”
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“saying nothing
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“Some things have to be believed to be seen.”
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