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Marie-Jo Fortis

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Bayonne, France
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Balzac has been a huge influence when it comes to psychology. For the ...more

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August 2011


Because she fell in love with an older man who lived in the United States, Marie-Jo Fortis had to face tremendous familial opposition and machinations. But she did cross the Atlantic with her guy, faith in the future and little more than the clothes on her back. As a result she got the 3 M: marriage, Maïa (the daughter) and a small menagerie.

Ah, and a Master’s in English lit that came a few years after studying at l’Ecole du Louvre and La Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris. Her work has been published nationally and internationally in Freedom International, Poésie Première, Talus & Scree, and other periodicals. She also founded Collages & Bricolages, a literary magazine she edited for fifteen years.

Chainsaw Jane germinated from a couple of simple
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My take on ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD




I am not sure I want to see ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, but there is François-Xavier Sauvage’s enthusiastic review on Facebook, and then a fight with my husband. Barricaded behind a small popcorn, I wait. Should have bought a large. Hey, it’s a Tarentino movie, and I am not even wearing a hat to protect myself against the violence
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Published on September 13, 2019 11:00
Average rating: 3.75 · 55 ratings · 34 reviews · 2 distinct works
From A to Zoe

3.69 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions
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Chainsaw Jane

3.85 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions
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Marie-Jo Fortis Marie-Jo Fortis said: " This is a stream of self-consciousness work.
Stream of self-indulgence.
Stream of snzzz.

When was it decided that prose that seems to be written under the influence of Valium was literature? The slower, the longer the sentence, the dialogues undistingu
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A bone is found by a dog and its owner, a retired doctor, identifies it as human and calls the police. As the investigation develops, we find out it belongs to the body of a young boy succinctly buried in the woods decades ago. Bosh works on various
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This one travels back and forth between L.A. and Las Vegas, between crime and debauchery, between who is who and what is what. A man who washes money for the mafia is found dead in his trunk.
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Marie-Jo Fortis Rai wrote: "Hi Marie-jo,

I'm very glad to have you as a friend!

Happy reading always... :)

~Rai"


Ditto, Rai


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Rai Hi Marie-jo,

I'm very glad to have you as a friend!

Happy reading always... :)

~Rai


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