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Ru Marshall

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Born

Eugene, Oregon, The United States

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http://www.rmarshallstudio.com

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Biography, Nonfiction, Religion

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Ru Marshall is a nonbinary writer and visual artist. Their novel, A Separate Reality, was released by Carroll & Graf in 2006 and was nominated for a Lambda Award for debut fiction. Their writing has appeared in Salon, N + 1 online, The Evergreen Review, The Kenyon Review, The Michigan Quarterly Review, Waxwing, The Barcelona Review, Your Impossible Voice, Another Chicago Magazine, and many other publications. They have twice been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and received the 2016 Hazel Rowley Prize from BIO, the Biographers International Organization. Their visual work has been exhibited at Participant Inc., Art in General, White Columns, and numerous other venues. They have received grants and fellowships from MacDowell, Yaddo, The Virgi ...more

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Ru Marshall liked a quote “We must risk delight. We can do without pleasure, but not delight. Not enjoyment. We must have the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless furnace of this world. To make injustice the only measure of our attention is to praise the Devil.” Jack Gilbert
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Ru Marshall and 2 other people liked Noreen's review of Memento Mori: "Adored this short novel, which is so witty, so well written and undoubtedly the funniest book I’ve read about aging and death. Now reading the Frances Wilson biography of Spark, Electric Spark."
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“We must risk delight. We can do without pleasure,
but not delight. Not enjoyment. We must have
the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless
furnace of this world. To make injustice the only
measure of our attention is to praise the Devil.”
― Jack Gilbert, Refusing Heaven

tags: delight, devil, enjoyment, gladness, injustice, pain, pleasure, stubbornness

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