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Aaron Jacobs

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Website

http://www.aaronjacobswrites.com/

Twitter

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Genre

Fiction, Satire, Crime

Member Since

June 2010

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Aaron Jacobs is the author of the novel The Abundant Life, which Samantha Bee called, "delightfully unique, hilarious, and acerbic." Other writing of his has appeared in Tin House, Alaska Quarterly Review, Roi Fainéant Press, JMWW, The Main Street Rag, and elsewhere.

He lives mostly in the Catskills with his wife, Katie, and their dog, Monty. ...more

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Average rating: 4.61 · 44 ratings · 21 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Time Will Break the World 4.58 avg rating — 19 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
	The Abundant Life 4.44 avg rating — 16 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
	Get Lit, Round 1: Short Fiction by Dan Cafaro (Editor), Katrina Gray (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Marcus Speh (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 9 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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