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Chanel Earl

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Chanel Earl is a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominated writer of short fiction and essays. She has an MFA in creative writing from Brigham Young University, where she teaches writing to undergraduates. Her stories and essays have appeared in such publications as Smokelong Quarterly, Granfalloon, The Account, and Wayfare Magazine. In addition to reading and writing, she also loves eating, gardening, repurposing old into new, and spending time with her husband and four children.

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	Three Line Poetry, Issue #6 by Glenn Lyvers (Editor), Debbi Antebi, Brian Barnett (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 11 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
	What to Say to Someone Who's Dying 4.42 avg rating — 12 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
	Reading 5X5: Writers' Edition by B. Morris Allen (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Meryl Stenhouse (Goodreads Author), Caleb Warner 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2018 — 5 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
	Wayfare: Winter 2022 (Wayfare, #1) by Zachary Davis (Editor), Rosalynde Welch (Editor), Terryl L. Givens (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 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
	No Ordinary Day by Chanel Earl (Goodreads Author), Caitlin Tibbs (illustrator) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2015	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
	Starward Tales II: Another Anthology of Speculative Legends by C.B. Droege (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Robert Tokley (Contributor), R.W.W. Greene (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	sine cera: What I Think People Think About (Vol. 7 No 1 & 2) by J.E. Remy (Goodreads Author) (Editor), David Bastian, Misty Evans (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2009	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
	Metaphorosis Magazine, Issue 8, August 2016 by B. Morris Allen (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Chanel Earl (Goodreads Author), Mark Rookyard it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
	Metaphorosis 2016: Nearly Complete Stories (Complete Metaphorosis, #1) by B. Morris Allen (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Joshua Phillip Johnson (Goodreads Author), Mari Ness 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 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
	Just Another Day: Outdoor literature from Ivy Tech Community College beginning writing students by Chanel Earl (Goodreads Author), Sarina Henderson, Crystal King 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

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The Vulgate Bible, Vol. I: The Pentateuch: Douay-Rheims Translation

by Swift Edgar

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Wycliffe Bible

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That We Might Have Joy: Desire, Divinity & Intimate Love

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This is a thinker. I really love the way it helped me think about time differently.
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I think this will be the last book I read in the series. It was fun, but not as good as the second book.
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I finally finished this! It took me about two years to read this book, and even though it was a tough read, I learned so much from it. As I read and familiarized myself with the time period, the historical figures, and the science/theology of the boo ...more
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Chanel Earl has read Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport	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
I didn't really love the buisinessey lens that Newport was coming from. I didn't need to be convinced that deep work is an important skill, and I don't really care if developing that skill will make me money. But I loved the second half of this book, ...more
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This is fun. It drew me in very quickly and kept me reading. It is super violent, more violent than a lot of things I stop reading, so I don't know why I stuck with it. But I did, and I really want to read the next one to know what will happen next. ...more
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“There are two occasions when the sacred beauty of Creation becomes dazzlingly apparent, and they occur together. One is when we feel our mortal insufficiency to the world, and the other is when we feel the world's mortal insufficiency to us.”
― Marilynne Robinson, Gilead

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“It was when I was happiest that I longed most...The sweetest thing in all my life has been the longing...to find the place where all the beauty came from.”
― C.S. Lewis, Till We Have Faces

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“Meaning lies as much
in the mind of the reader
as in the Haiku.”
― Douglas R. Hofstadter, Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

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“Adulthood is a wonderful thing, and brief. You must be sure to enjoy it while it lasts.”
― Marilynne Robinson, Gilead

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“You live and learn. At any rate, you live.”
― Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless

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