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James Arlen Anderson

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in Ivanhoe, Minnesota, The United States

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James Arlen Anderson is a fiction writer and magazine editor. His debut novel, The Storm Next Door, is forthcoming from Skywater Publishing Cooperative.

He is also the author (as Jameson Anderson) of 20+ nonfiction books for early readers covering topics such as athletes and adventure careers.

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	Amelia Earhart: Legendary Aviator by James Arlen Anderson (Goodreads Author), Charles Barnett III (Illustrator), Rod Whigham (Illustrator) 3.87 avg rating — 31 ratings — 9 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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“And I submit that this is what the real, no-shit value of your liberal arts education is supposed to be about: How to keep from going through your comfortable, prosperous, respectable adult life dead, unconscious, a slave to your head and to your natural default setting of being uniquely, completely, imperially alone, day in and day out.”
― David Foster Wallace, This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life

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“I now inhabit a life I don't deserve, but we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon”
― David Carr, The Night of the Gun

tags: authenticity, fraudulence, mortality

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