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Patty Paine

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in Trenton, The United States

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http://www.diodeeditions.com

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Genre

Poetry, Nonfiction, Memoir

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August 2007

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As Author:

City of Small Fires
Grief & Other Animals
The Sounding Machine (Accents Publishing)
Feral (Imaginary Friend Press)
Elegy & Collapse (Finishing Line Press)

As Editor:

The Donkey Lady and Other Tales from the Arabian Gulf (Berkshire Academic Press)
Gathering theTide: An Anthology of Contemporary Arabian Gulf Poetry (Ithaca.Garnet)

Editor of Diode Poetry Journal and Diode Editions

Associate Professor, VCU School of the Arts in Doha, Qatar

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Diode Poetry Journal's "Best of the Net" Nominations!

We're honored to share our Sundress Publications "Best of the Net" Anthology nominations.

"My Words Stuck in My Daughter's Throat" Nicole Rollender

"The point of life" Bob Hicok

"Good White People" Scott Beal

"Barbie Chang's Daughter" Victoria Chang

"Teaching My Mother English over the Phone" Eloisa Amezcua

"Refusing Endtimes" Nomi Stone

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Average rating: 4.4 · 55 ratings · 9 reviews · 10 distinct works

	The Donkey Lady: And Other Tales from the Arabian Gulf by Patty Paine (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jesse Ulmer (Editor), Michael Hersrud (Editor) 4.21 avg rating — 14 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
	The Sounding Machine 4.58 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2012	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 Concordance of Leaves by Philip Metres (Goodreads Author), Patty Paine (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Gathering the Tide: An Anthology of Contemporary Gulf Poetry by Patty Paine (Goodreads Author), Samia Touati (Editor), Jeff Lodge (Editor) 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2011 — 6 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
	Grief & Other Animals 4.75 avg rating — 8 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
	Salvage #11: Already, Not Yet by Rosie Warren (Editor), Heba Hayek, Barnaby Raine 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
	Feral 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012	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
	I Thought I Was Going To Be Okay by Peter E. Murphy (Goodreads Author), Patty Paine (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Law Alsobrook (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 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
	Elegy & Collapse 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2005 — 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
	Beyond the Frame by Patty Paine (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Law Alsobrook (Editor), Zoë Shankle Donald (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 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

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