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Eli Hastings

Goodreads Author

Born

in Boulder, The United States

Website

http://www.elihastings.com

Twitter

elihastings23

Genre

Memoir, Fiction, Poetry

Influences

Benjamin Percy, Russell Banks, James Baldwin ...more

Member Since

September 2011

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/elihastings

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I’m an author living in Seattle with my brilliant, dancing doctor wife, Lili, and nutcase toddler, Pax. I’m passionate about using writing to help at-risk youth, so I’m a team leader at PONGO TEEN WRITING. Through both my books, but especially my recent memoir, you’ll see how the sorrows of mental disorder and addiction have affected my life. Because of this I’m finishing an MA in Marriage and Family Therapy and currently in the midst of my clinical internship counseling youth.
Background:
• My latest book, Clearly Now, the Rain: A Memoir of Love and Other Trips, was published by ECW Press in May 2013.
• My first book, Falling Room (2006), a memoir/essay collection, won Best Nonfiction Thesis at UNCW in 2004.
• I earned an MFA and taught Creati ...more

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Her aunt used to tell her that nothing was pure. As a sophomore cop, she believed that her aunt, while sweet and well-intentioned and full of empathy (no one was “all bad” etc.), would not have a made a good law enforcement officer. There existed boundaries and lines and rule books and that was how those charged with safeguarding the social contract were able to be effective—without

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Average rating: 3.79 · 132 ratings · 29 reviews · 4 distinct works

	Clearly Now, the Rain: A Memoir of Love and Other Trips 3.69 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 2013 — 7 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
	Falling Room 4.39 avg rating — 18 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
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	BY Hastings, Eli ( Author ) [{ Clearly Now, the Rain: A Memoir of Love and Other Trips - Greenlight By Hastings, Eli ( Author ) May - 01- 2013 ( Paperback ) } ] 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