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James Goertel

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Born in North Dakota, James Goertel spent twenty years working in television for ABC, NBC, and ESPN, among others. "Carry Each His Burden" is his fiction debut and was published in 2011. His poetry collections "Each Year an Anthem" and "With No Need for a Name" debuted in 2012 followed by "Self Portrait" in 2013. Goertel's title story from "Carry Each His Burden" is one of only eleven stories to be chosen for inclusion in "Submitted for Your Approval" — Rod Serling Books' inaugural anthology published in April of 2015. "Oh Mercy" — a collection of faith-inspired poems — was published in late 2015. His writing has appeared in Short Story America, Ascent Aspirations, Manifold, LucidPlay, NexTV, The Quivering Pen, The Writer's Handful, Yareah ...more

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	Carry Each His Burden 4.50 avg rating — 22 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
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Dakota Damned is a historical fiction novel set in North Dakota which moves back and forth between two distinct time periods and follows the fortunes and failings of the three Lund brothers as they consolidate their power over the region and its natural resources. Hydroelectric holdings are procured through murder, corruption, and lies in the historical period of post-World War II, while the famil Read more of this blog post »

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“King was a celebrity in this dump and carried himself accordingly across the sticky floorboards to the bar and a lineup of patrons who seemed to be wearing mug shots for faces.”
― James Goertel, Carry Each His Burden

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“The danger of civilization, of course, is that you will piss away your life on nonsense.”
― Jim Harrison, The Beast God Forgot to Invent

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“I wanted the whole world or nothing.”
― Charles Bukowski, Post Office

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“What you have to realize when you write poetry, or if you love poetry, is that poetry is just naturally the greatest god damn thing that ever was in the whole universe”
― James Dickey

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