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Gessy Alvarez

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Born

New York, The United States

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Fiction, Poetry, Contemporary

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Clarice Lispector, Jorge Amado, Mary Oliver

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Gessy Alvarez is a writer, editor, and publisher. She is the publisher of Digging Press, series editor of the Digging Press Chapbook Series, and EIC of the Digging Press Journal. Her short story collection Love the Abyss (née Taste the World on Your Skin) was a finalist for the 2022 Black Lawrence / St. Lawrence Book Award, The Katharine Porter Prize (University of North Texas Press, 2018) and a semi-finalist for the Black Lawrence Hudson Prize (2022). Her fiction, poetry, and essays have appeared in The Acentos Review, Hobart, Asteri(x), Volume One Brooklyn, Feminine Collective, and other publications. She earned an MFA from Columbia University and has received support from the Fine Arts Work Center, the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for th ...more

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	The Shrug Book IV by Joshua Raab (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Carabella Sands, Jesse Bradley 4.62 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2015	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
	Gorge: Pure Slush Vol. 4 by Matt Potter (Editor), Gessy Alvarez (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Jennifer Donnell (Contributor) 4.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — 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
	Bartleby Snopes Issue 10 by Nathaniel Tower (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rick Taliaferro (Editor), Justin Daugherty (Editor) 4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2013	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
	Awabi: A Duet of Short Stories by Mandy-Suzanne Wong (Goodreads Author), Gessy Alvarez (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Cynthia Alvarez (Illustrator) 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Every First & Fifteenth by Dimitri Reyes, Gessy Alvarez (Goodreads Author) (Series Editor), Cynthia Alvarez (Illustrator) 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2021	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
	Ain't Country Like You by Abigail Carl-Klassen (Goodreads Author), Gessy Alvarez (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Cynthia Alvarez (Book Designer) 4.80 avg rating — 5 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
	Digging Press Poetry Series 2022 by Gessy Alvarez (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ernesto L. Abeytia (Series Editor), Cynthia Alvarez (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 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
	Drunk Monkeys Anthology Volume 3 by Matthew Guerruckey (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Howard Good (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Nathan Graziano (Contributor) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Submersion by Marie Baléo (Goodreads Author), Gessy Alvarez (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Cynthia Alvarez (Illustrator) 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

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Impossible Motherhood: Testimony of an Abortion Addict

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“I notice that you use plain, simple language, short words and brief sentences. That is the way to write English―it is the modern way and the best way. Stick to it; don't let fluff and flowers and verbosity creep in. When you catch an adjective, kill it. No, I don't mean utterly, but kill most of them―then the rest will be valuable. They weaken when they are close together. They give strength when they are wide apart. An adjective habit, or a wordy, diffuse, flowery habit, once fastened upon a person, is as hard to get rid of as any other vice.”
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