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Gene Twaronite

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A native New Englander, Gene Twaronite now lives in Tucson, Arizona. His published books include five poetry collections, including Trash Picker on Mars, a winner of the 2017 New Mexico-Arizona Book Award. He is also the author of juvenile fiction, a rhyming picture book, and four collections of short stories and humor essays. A former Writer-in-Residence for Pima County Public Libraries, he leads a poetry workshop for the Universty of Arizona OLLI program. Follow more of Gene’s writing at his website: genetwaronitepoet.com.

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Average rating: 3.86 · 119 ratings · 33 reviews · 23 distinct works
My Vacation in Hell
4.02 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions
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The Family That Wasn't: A F...
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Dragon Daily News
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The Absurd Naturalist. Irre...
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Nov 19, 2012 04:31PM

Shirley Willis Great to see you on my site--I'm so new at this, I reek green, but am liking the site. Thanks for "friending" me. We are acquainted through PWP in Prescott and I really enjoyed your talk a couple of weeks ago on the panel discussion!


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