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In August 2021, Thomas Cannon was selected as the inaugural Poet Laureate of Oshkosh, WI. He is the author of the books The Tao of Apathy and Shattered. With his essay “Part of the Gift,” Cannon was the lead contributor to Cup of Comfort for Parents of Children With Autism. His poems and short stories have been published in various journals such as Midwestern Gothic and Corvus Review. Thomas is active in the Oshkosh writing community, having helped establish the Lakefly Writers Conference. He and his wife have three children and two grandkids.

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Thomas Cannon Consistency. I feel if you schedule yourself, it soon becomes muscle memory and your mind readies itself for writing. Of course I have bad days, but I…moreConsistency. I feel if you schedule yourself, it soon becomes muscle memory and your mind readies itself for writing. Of course I have bad days, but I try to keep my butt in that seat anyway.(less)
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Contest Winner and Publication: “Lake 17” for Lakefly Writing Contest. (Nonfiction)


My essay, “Lake 17,” won 3rd place in the Lakefly Writing Contest, based in Oshkosh, WI, earning me $50 and publication in Lakefly’s Winner’s Booklet…


Contest Winner and Publication: “Lake 17” for Lakefly Writing Contest. (Nonfiction)
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This story follows several generations of one family- The Jaggers, while focusing on Jack. Jack is a character study in having to adapt your dreams to take care of your responsibilities while also trying to live your best life.


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PACIFIC ODYSSEY: The Curious Journey of Lew 2.0

PACIFIC ODYSSEY kept me reading and engaged right until the end. This is a sequel, but I did not read the first story yet and did not need to the previous information to understand what was going on. In
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“The fact is, what I hated in the Church was what I hated in society. Namely, authoritarians. Power freaks. Rigid dogmatists. Those greedy, underloved, undersexed twits who want to run everything. While the rest of us are busy living - busy tasting and testing and hugging and kissing and goofing and growing - they are busy taking over.”
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