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J. Robin Whitley

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Born

in Charlotte, The United States

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Genre

Creative Non Fiction, Gay & Lesbian, Poetry

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December 2011

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Robin is an artist living in the High Country of Western NC with her partner and their three dogs. In addition to writing, she paints and teaches music. Check www.jrobinwhitley.net for more information.

Once Robin discovered the joy of creating a finished book, they started a Print on demand (POD) publisher called Napping Dog Press. The CEO of the company is Birdie, the little black mountain feist who lives with Robin.

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	One Million Project Thriller Anthology by Jason Greenfield (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sue Baron (Editor), Soleil Daniels (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Contributor) 4.65 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	In A Southern Closet 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Finding Home: A Place to Belong (St. John Series Book 1) by J. Robin Whitley (Goodreads Author), Jennifer Lynn (Illustrator) 4.75 avg rating — 4 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
	More Than Knowing it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	For the Brokenhearted by J. Robin Whitley (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Contributor), Noel Allend-Goitia (Poet), Kate Bariletti (Goodreads Author) (Poet) 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
	In A Southern Closet it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
	Finding Home: A Place to Belong 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
	Praying Together: An Ecumenical Prayer Journal Volume 1 by J. Robin Whitley (Goodreads Author) (editor), Jane Blackwell (contributor), Doris Boulton (contributor) 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
	More Than Knowing: Original Poetry and Art (2nd edition) by J. Robin Whitley (Goodreads Author), Michelle Jack (Illustrator) 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

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I am a novice bookmaker and continue to learn how to make handmade journals. In the years since finding myself categorized as “disabled”, a loss of purpose haunted me. Formerly, working and singing as a musician and a guitarist kept my purposefulness alive. But in the years since 2015, my health has continued to be a challenge to activities that requir

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Sacred Wounds: A Path to Healing from Spiritual Trauma

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“I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it.”
― alice walker, The Color Purple

tags: color, god, purple, religion

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“No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.”
― Alice Walker

tags: acceptance, friendship

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“Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure a bad person can write a good book. If art doesn't make us better, then what on earth is it for.”
― Alice Walker

tags: art, bad, good, writing

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“The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams

tags: hope

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“The friend who holds your hand and says the wrong thing is made of dearer stuff than the one who stays away.”
― Barbara Kingsolver