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Pam Houston

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Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction

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Houston is the Director of Creative Writing at U.C. Davis. Her stories have been selected for the Best American Short Stories, the O. Henry Awards, the Pushcart Prize, and the Best American Short Stories of the Century. She lives in Colorado at 9,000 feet above sea level near the headwaters of the Rio Grande.

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Average rating: 4.08 · 23,209 ratings · 3,161 reviews · 45 distinct works • Similar authors

	Cowboys Are My Weakness: Stories 4.09 avg rating — 7,338 ratings — published 1992 — 39 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
	Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country 4.32 avg rating — 5,247 ratings — published 2019 — 10 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
	Sight Hound 3.98 avg rating — 1,928 ratings — published 2004 — 11 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
	Waltzing the Cat 4.03 avg rating — 1,737 ratings — published 1998	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
	Contents May Have Shifted 3.60 avg rating — 1,752 ratings — published 2012 — 10 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
	A Little More About Me 4.10 avg rating — 1,143 ratings — published 1999 — 17 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
	Without Exception: Reclaiming Abortion, Personhood, and Freedom 4.64 avg rating — 340 ratings — 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
	Air Mail: Letters of Politics, Pandemics and Place by Pam Houston (Goodreads Author), Amy Irvine 4.29 avg rating — 244 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
	A Rough Guide To The Heart 4.29 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2000 — 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
	Men Before Ten A.M. by Pam Houston (Goodreads Author), Veronique Vial 3.78 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 1996 — 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

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Quotes by Pam Houston (?)

“I wanted her to see that the only life worth living is a life full of love; that loss is always part of the equation; that love and loss conjoined are the best opportunity we get to live fully, to be our strongest, our most compassionate, our most graceful selves. ”
― Pam Houston

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“Life gives us what we need when we need it; receiving what it gives us is a whole other thing.”
― Pam Houston, Cowboys Are My Weakness

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“It's September 21st, a day I love for the balance it carries with it.”
― Pam Houston, Waltzing the Cat

tags: autumn, equinox, fall

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“Life gives us what we need when we need it; receiving what it gives us is a whole other thing.”
― Pam Houston, Cowboys Are My Weakness

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“Do you write novels?" I said.

"Novels, Lord no," she said. "I can't even stay married.”
― Pam Houston, Waltzing the Cat

tags: art, commitment, humor, writing

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“The Universe has a plan to make sure we don't ever stop learning, not only in our minds, but also in our hearts.”
― Pam Houston

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“I always tell my students, about the biggest baddest things in life you must try to write small and light, save the big writing for the unexpected tiny thing that always makes or breaks a story.”
― Pam Houston

tags: life, story, themes, unexpected, writing

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