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Rachel Turney, Ed.D. (she/her) is the Writer in Residence (2026) at NKollectiv in Englewood, Colorado and runs the Trident Women’s Writing Group in Boulder. She is a poetry mentor with the Association of Writers & Writing Programs. Rachel is passionate about immigrant rights, teacher support, and empowering other artists. She is a Writers’ Hour prize winner and has been nominated for Best of the Net and Best Microfiction. Rachel is the founder of the popular online reading series Poetry (in Brief) and EIC of PiB (the Magazine). She is on staff at Bare Back Magazine with her monthly column Friday Night in the Suburbs. She reads for The Los Angeles Review. Her debut poetry collection, Record Player Life (the b-side), is available with The Poe ...more

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Average rating: 4.86 · 28 ratings · 19 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	Retired Wannabe Club Kid: Stories from the international club scene, odes to the best party cities in the world, and love poems to the night. 4.85 avg rating — 13 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
	Record Player Life by Rachel Turney (Goodreads Author), Erwin Arroyo Perez (Editor) 4.83 avg rating — 12 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
	To Be (a Woman): A poetry collection through womanhood and self-discovery. by Rachel Turney (Goodreads Author), Kirsty Anne Richards (Cover Art) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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
	Joyfully Wondrous - September 2025 by Kathryn Beevor, Isaac Dominion Aju, Daniel Miltz it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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
	Erotica: A collection of Love, Erotic, Grief, and Feeling by Edith Powell, Lucy Ross (Editor), Vesna Prodanovska-Poposka it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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
	Erotica: A collection of Love, Erotic, Grief, and Feeling by Edith Powell, Lucy Ross (Editor), Vesna Prodanovska-Poposka 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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Where the Heart Meets the Sea

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Rachel Turney said: " As someone who has only traveled to large cities in Norway - I was really captivated by the picture Kimbra painted of small-town life, history, and heritage in this enjoyable romance. My regret is that I wish I could have read it by a lake or the sea ...more "

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Crescent Moon

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Rachel Turney said: " Crate refuses to shrink or be made to be something she is not. She is the moon and defies attempts to counter her witchy presence. Animals, pop culture, monsters, and magic mix in this journey of self-reclamation. "

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As someone who has only traveled to large cities in Norway - I was really captivated by the picture Kimbra painted of small-town life, history, and heritage in this enjoyable romance. My regret is that I wish I could have read it by a lake or the sea ...more
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In Bones: Poems on Reclamation, Hanslik presents a haunting collection of what I would call ecological-grief poetry rooted in nature and remembrance. The collection asks: Who are we at our core? What is human legacy? What do we leave behind? Through ...more
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Favorite Poem: Louvre Fem It’s very interesting to read about places you have been through another poet’s perspective. I love to learn while reading. Amanda examines history and culture in this informative and beautiful collection. I was pleasantly s ...more
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Rachel Turney rated a book it was amazing How to Tie Tobacco by A.M. Hayden	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
If you have family lineage or ties to the South (like I do), you’ll be able to smell Irish Spring, taste fried okra, and feel the weight of matriarchal sadness when you read How to Tie Tobacco. Like Hayden’s other works that I have read, this collect ...more
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Really cool and interesting book. The characters as days is very clever and inventive. Together the days create a rather surreal scene of personhood, continuity, and satire. Lose your sense of time and days with The Girl Who Was Tuesday and be carefu ...more
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Sydnor describes her book best in her introduction: “This collection is an unapologetic exhibition of what it means to be a human being.” This is a huge collection of poems spanning the story of Sydnor. This collection is one of a true artist. The po ...more
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