John Rember

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John Rember lives and writes in the Sawtooth Valley of Idaho. Recurring themes in his writing include the meaning of place, the impact of tourism on the West, and the eventual impossibility of industrial civilization.

John's latest work, Journal of the Plague Years, is a three-volume series of personal journal entries written during and after the Covid-19 pandemic. His book, A Hundred Little Pieces on the End of the World, is a meditation on teaching, writing, and friendship in an increasingly fragile world. MFA in a Box: A Why to Write Book was recognized by the Nautilus Awards, Hoffer Awards, and Midwest Book Awards as one of the best new books on creative writing. His memoir Traplines: Coming Home to Sawtooth Valley was named Idaho Book o
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Average rating: 3.97 · 353 ratings · 59 reviews · 13 distinct worksSimilar authors
Traplines: Coming Home to S...

3.99 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 2003 — 9 editions
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MFA in a Box

3.94 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2011 — 9 editions
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A Hundred Little Pieces on ...

3.74 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2020 — 8 editions
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Coyote in the Mountains and...

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Cheerleaders from Gomorrah:...

3.94 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1993 — 4 editions
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Sudden Death, Over Time

4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2012
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MFA in a Box: Writing Viole...

4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2013
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“MFA in a Box is designed to help you to find the courage to put truth into words and to understand that writing is a life-and-death endeavor — but that nothing about a life-and-death endeavor keeps it from being laugh-out-loud funny.”
John Rember, MFA in a Box

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