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Karla Linn Merrifield

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in Fairmont, WV, The United States

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Karla Linn Merrifield, a nine-time Pushcart-Prize nominee and National Park Artist-in-Residence, has had 600+ poems appear in dozens of journals and anthologies. She has 12 books to her credit, the newest of which is Bunchberries, More Poems of Canada, a sequel to Godwit: Poems of Canada (FootHills), which received the Eiseman Award for Poetry. Her newest is Psyche’s Scroll, a book-length poem from The Poetry Box Selects. She is assistant editor and poetry book reviewer for The Centrifugal Eye. Visit her blog, Vagabond Poet Redux, at http://karlalinn.blogspot.com. Google her name to learn more; Tweet @LinnMerrifiel; https://www.facebook.com/karlalinn.me....

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	Liberty's Vigil, the Occupy Anthology: 99 Poets Among the 99% by Karla Linn Merrifield (Goodreads Author) (Editor and Contributor), Dwain Wilder (Editor and Contributor), Jennifer Ailles (Contributor) 4.50 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2012	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
	THE DIRE ELEGIES: 59 Poets on Endangered Species of North America by Karla Linn Merrifield (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Roger M. Weir (Editor), Bill McKibben (Foreword) 4.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2006 — 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
	The Urn it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010	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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	Lithic Scatter and Other Poems 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013 — 3 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
	The Etowah River Psalms it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
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	Godwit: Poems of Canada it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2007	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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May 16, 2014 12:55PM

Thank you, C.J. So nifty to be in such good company feeding my book habit! :)

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It's a pleasure, having you for a friend here at Goodreads. Thank you so much and best wishes to you.

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May 16, 2014 12:47PM

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Hello Karla,

It's a pleasure, having you for a friend here at Goodreads. Thank you so much and best wishes to you.

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