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Jan Krause Greene

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Born

Washington, DC., The United States

Website

http://www.jkgreene.com/

Twitter

CallMeEarthGirl

Genre

Contemporary, Climate Fiction, Mystical Fiction

Member Since

January 2013

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/jankg

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I live in a suburb of Boston. I was raised in a suburb of Washington, DC. I came to Boston to attend Boston College and I have been here ever since. Odd, because I really don't like winter.
I have five sons,four grandsons and one granddaughter. While raising my kids, I wrote Homefront, a popular newspaper column chronicling my life as mother, teacher and writer. Currently, I am the occasional co-host of a cable television show, Oneness and Wellness - a good news Show. I also present my original poetry at a variety of venues. I describe myself as a seeker and visionary, whose poetry and fiction examine life's big questions from the perspective of characters both young and old, struggling to understand their place in the world.
I formed my ...more

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Average rating: 4.23 · 82 ratings · 38 reviews · 5 distinct works

	I Call Myself Earth Girl 4.22 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 2013 — 5 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
	The Space Between Dark and Light 4.17 avg rating — 6 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
	Left for Dead: From Surviving to Thriving by Jan Krause Greene (Goodreads Author), Michael Bardellini 4.67 avg rating — 3 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
	Writing Fire: An Anthology Celebrating the Power of Women's Words by Jennifer Browdy (Editor), Jan Krause Greene (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015 — 5 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
	45 Magazine: Women's Literary Journal by Zorina Frey, Jan Krause Greene (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Maggie Dinzler Shaw (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2015 — 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

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What a Heart Can Hold:

This is an important case for authors to follow. I am particularly concerned by it because there has been interest in making I Call Myself Earth Girl into a movie.

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For our protagonist, we have a scrappy physicist turned novelist, who developed what can only be described as one of the most massive blockbus

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“Life on earth can never be fully understood. Life and all it holds is too big for humans to understand. There is the possibility for more joy than they ever comprehend and there is the same possibility of pain and suffering. Humans have embraced pain and sorrow much more fully than they have embraced joy. This why the world suffers.”
― Jan Krause Greene, I Call Myself Earth Girl

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Jan’s Quotes

“No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowledge.
The teacher who walks in the shadow of the temple, among his followers, gives not of his wisdom but rather of his faith and his lovingness.
If he is indeed wise he does not bid you enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind.”
― Khalil Gibran, The Prophet

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“They came to sit & dangle their feet off the edge of the world & after awhile they forgot everything but the good & true things they would do someday. ”
― Brian Andreas

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