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Kerry Langan

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Born

in Buffalo, The United States

Website

http://www.universaltable.org

Twitter

twitter.com/alstramaria

Genre

Fiction, Nonfiction, Contemporary

Influences

John Updike, Joe David Bellamy, Roxana Robinson, Heather Tosteson

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Kerry Langan was born in Buffalo, New York and completed her undergraduate and graduate education there. She had a career as an academic librarian before becoming a fiction writer. Prior to the publication of her books, Only Beautiful & Other Stories , Live Your Life & Other Stories, and My Name Is Your Name & Other Stories,her short fiction had appeared in more than 40 literary journals published in the United States, Canada, and Asia. Her fiction has been anthologized in: Families: The Frontline of Pluralism, Double Lives, Reinvention, And Those We Leave Behind, XX Eccentric: Stories About the Eccentricities of Women, and Solace In So Many Words. She is the co-editor of the Wising Up Press anthology: Shifting Balance Sheets: Women's Stori ...more

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	XX Eccentric: Stories About the Eccentricities of Woman by S. Craig Renfroe Jr. (Goodreads Author) (editor), Steve Cushman (contributor), Kathleen Gerard (contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2009	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
	Live Your Life & Other Stories it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Only Beautiful & Other Stories it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	My Name Is Your Name & Other Stories 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
	Worthy: Stories & Novellas 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
	Shifting Balance Sheets: Women's Stories of Naturalized Citizenship & Cultural Attachment by Heather Tosteson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kerry Langan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Charles D. Brockett (Goodreads Author) (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Surprised by Joy: A Wising Up Anthology by Charles D. Brockett (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Heather Tosteson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Patricia Barone (Contributor) 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
	Creativity & Constraint by Heather Tosteson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Charles D. Brockett (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kerry Langan (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2014	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
	Creativity & Constraint by Heather Tostesob, Heather Tosteson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Charles D. Brockett (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	Berkeley Fiction Review, Volume 16 by Daphne Young (Editor), Augustus Rose (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Lin Carlson (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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

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