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Rae Cline

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Rae Cline's debut novel, Precious Ugly, is a work of Appalachian literary fiction. It was a finalist for the Curt Johnson Prose Award and CRAFT's First Chapters Contest. Her story collection, The Indefinite State of Imaginary Morals, was nominated for the PEN/Hemingway Award and Pushcart Prize. Her short fiction received honors from the Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition and won second place in the Bartleby Snopes Short Story Contest. Her creative nonfiction was a finalist for the Terry Tempest Williams Creative Nonfiction Prize. Her fiction and essays have appeared in The Paris Review, McSweeney's, North American Review, and StoryQuarterly. She is the founding editor of Eckleburg and lives in New York City. ...more

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	Precious Ugly 4.08 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
	Pear Noir! (#4) by Daniel Casebeer (Editor), David Erlewine, Adam Gallari 4.71 avg rating — 21 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
	Stripped by Nicole Monaghan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Amber Sparks (Goodreads Author), Jeanne Holtzman 4.17 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2011	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 Indefinite State of Imaginary Morals: Stories by Rae Bryant by Rae Cline (Goodreads Author), Rae Cline (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2011	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 Cappella Zoo #4: Spring 2010 by Colin Meldrum (Editor), Micah Unice (Assistant Editor), Meiron Cramer (Translator) 4.08 avg rating — 13 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
	Weird Tales #356 (Summer 2010) by Ann VanderMeer (Editor), Margaret Brundage (Illustrator), Rae Cline (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.36 avg rating — 11 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
	The Doctor T. J. Eckleburg Review No. 18 by Rick Moody, Cris Mazza (Goodreads Author), Rae Cline (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.50 avg rating — 4 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
	Mad to Live Erased by Maureen Alsop (Goodreads Author) (contributor), Kathi Appelt (Goodreads Author) (contributor), Rae Cline (Goodreads Author) (contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 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
	Eckleburg No. 20 by Cris Mazza (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rae Cline (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.50 avg rating — 2 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
	Eckleburg No. 21 by Faerl Marie Torres, Brishti Guha (Translator), Rae Cline (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 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

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NYC Reading: NY Insight Salon

In New York City this Friday for something a little different: a reading and conversation at NY Insight's Artist Salon & Café. I'll be sharing a passage from Precious Ugly alongside a new piece of flash fiction, then talking it through with the room. There's something steadying about reading in a space built around slowing down and listening. If you're in the city, I'd love to see you there. Read more of this blog post »

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Published on September 16, 2026 16:16 • Tags: book-reading, flash-fiction, literary-events, new-york-city, ny-insight, precious-ugly, rae-cline

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