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Aaron Gilbreath

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Nonfiction, Memoir, Music

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Aaron Gilbreath is an essayist and journalist. Raised in the Arizona desert, he moved to the Pacific Northwest at age twenty-five and has written stories for Harper's, The Atlantic, The New York Times, Kenyon Review, The Paris Review Daily, Oxford American, Slate, The Dublin Review, Brick, Saveur, and Virginia Quarterly Review. Previously an editor at Longreads, his stories have been nominated for a James Beard Award and been notables in Best American Travel Writing, Best American Sports Writing, and Best American Essays.

His newest book, The Heart of California: Exploring the San Joaquin Valley, was a finalist for the 2022 Oregon Book Award. His collection of personal essays, Everything We Don't Know, was a finalist for the 2018 Oregon Book ...more

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	Everything We Don't Know 4.04 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	This Is: Essays on Jazz 4.05 avg rating — 38 ratings — 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 Heart of California: Exploring the San Joaquin Valley 4.28 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	MonkeyBicycle7 by Steven Seighman (Editor), Ryan Boudinot (Goodreads Author), Craig Davis 4.39 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	A Secondary Landscape really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2013	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 Stoned Age really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 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
	Concrete Grave it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 4 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
	Hungry for Cash 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
	The Dublin Review, Number 75: Summer 2019: by Brendan Barrington (Editor), Brian Dillon (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Arnold Thomas Fanning (Contributor) 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