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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
	Wayfare: Winter 2022 (Wayfare, #1) by Zachary Davis (Editor), Rosalynde Welch (Editor), Terryl L. Givens (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 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
	Reading 5X5: Writers' Edition by B. Morris Allen (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Meryl Stenhouse (Goodreads Author), Caleb Warner really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 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
	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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“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.”
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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.”
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“You live and learn. At any rate, you live.”
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