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Acamea Deadwiler

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Acamea is the author of the memoir Daddy’s Little Stranger (Riddle Brook 2024), which has been featured by Literary Hub, The Creative Nonfiction Podcast, and deemed “arresting” by The BookLife Prize. Her writing has appeared in Bellevue Literary Review, North American Review, Beyond Words Literary Magazine, Hanif Abdurraqib’s ‘68 to ’05, and elsewhere. She holds an MFA from Randolph College—where she was awarded a Blackburn Fellowship.

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Average rating: 4.01 · 82 ratings · 29 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	Single That: Dispelling The Top 10 Myths Of The Single Woman 3.80 avg rating — 49 ratings — 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
	Life, Love and the Pursuit Of: I Won't Give Up, If You Don't Give Up. 4.19 avg rating — 16 ratings — 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
	Daddy's Little Stranger 4.33 avg rating — 12 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
	Quicklet on The Best Eminem Songs: Lyrics and Analysis 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012	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
	Life, Love, and Lack Thereof it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012 — 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
	Quicklet on The Best Kanye West Songs: Lyrics and Analysis it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	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
	Quicklet on The Best Tupac Songs: Lyrics and Analysis 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	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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Acamea Deadwiler wants to read The Heart Folds Early: A Memoir (American Lives) by Jill Christman	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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Acamea Deadwiler rated a book it was amazing Mixtape: A Memoir by Johnzelle Anderson	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
From the opening line of Mixtape: A Memoir, it’s evident that Johnzelle Anderson is about to take readers for a riveting ride. The author pulls no punches. Anderson’s storytelling is often blunt, always beautiful—even when recounting dreadful situati ...more
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Acamea Deadwiler rated a book it was amazing Blue Opening: Poems by Chet'la Sebree	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
This collection intertwines science, personal reflection and existential examination in a viscerally engaging manner.
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Beautiful prose that increased the resonance of already evocative stories on love and reverence. All the feels. Every. Single. One.
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A masterclass in succinct, yet complete storytelling. I laughed, I cried, I felt. I give The Anthropocene Reviewed five stars.
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“The problem is we don't always take the time to learn one another. We love people the way that we want to love them or according to what we believe is love.”
― Acamea L. Deadwiler, Single That: Dispelling The Top 10 Myths Of The Single Woman

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Acamea’s Quotes

“Sometimes I write drunk and revise sober, and sometimes I write sober and revise drunk. But you have to have both elements in creation — the Apollonian and the Dionysian, or spontaneity and restraint, emotion and discipline.”
― Peter De Vries, Reuben, Reuben

tags: misattributed-to-hemingway, writing-drinking

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“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

tags: goals, journey, travel

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