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Tarn Wilson

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Tarn Wilson is the author of three books: the award-winning memoir-in-essays In Praise of Inadequate Gifts (Wandering Aengus Press, 2022); the forthcoming 5-Minute Daily Writing Prompts: 501 Prompts to Unleash Your Creativity and Inspire You to Write (Rockridge Press, 2022), and the memoir The Slow Farm (Ovenbird Books: Judith Kitchen Selects, 2014). Her personal essays have been published in numerous journals, including Brevity, Harvard Divinity Bulletin, River Teeth, Ruminate, and The Sun. She is a graduate of the Rainier Writing Workshop and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area where she is a high school teacher.

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Average rating: 4.31 · 209 ratings · 46 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Slow Farm 4.23 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	5-Minute Daily Writing Prompts: 501 Prompts to Unleash Creativity and Spark Inspiration 4.18 avg rating — 67 ratings — 4 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
	In Praise of Inadequate Gifts 4.82 avg rating — 34 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
	River Teeth: A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative Issue 16.2 Spring 2015 by Daniel W. Lehman (Editor), Joe Mackall (Editor), Judith Kitchen 4.20 avg rating — 5 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

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Ginny Moyer has done it again! This compelling coming-of-age story unfolds in San Francisco during WWII. As Moyer reveals in her Author's Note, the novel's genesis came from discovering that San Francisco was the first American city to stage The Nutc ...more
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This grief memoir is like no other you have read. The writing voice is so distinct, warm, and honest that you feel as if you have met a new, magical best friend. The language is lyrical, intimate, and accessible. The pain is authentic and well-captur ...more
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This charming, fast-paced novel explores love, friendship, and the complexities of small-town living—plus dogs! Cass, a kennel owner, finds herself in an unlikely partnership with her childhood bully, now the town mayor, to save the California mounta ...more
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