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Meg Pokrass
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Born
in Reading, PA, The United States
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Member Since
January 2010
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/megpokrass
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Tender, vulnerable stories, stories that go from whimsical to a darker irony in the turn of a phrase, stories that bear down with poignancy and wisdom on the micro geography of our friendsh
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Damn Sure Right
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2011
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2015
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The Dog Looks Happy Upside Down
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2016
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Alligators at Night
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2018
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Bird Envy: Flash Fiction
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2014
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The Dog Seated Next to Me
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Lost and Found
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2009
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Cellulose Pajamas
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Alice In Wonderland Syndrome
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Meg Pokrass said:
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My personal favorite story in this collection is "Offerings," which originally appeared in The New Yorker in the 1980s. "Offerings" is not "flash" but it is very small for a traditional short story length, I am guessing maybe under 3000 words. I can' ...more "
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“She wakes up loving him, but not hard enough. He has dandelion hair. Stars fall and zip between them, they can't stop laughing; she falls asleep curled around him like a comma. He is gay, and often, he reminds her that she deserves better. She nods seriously and then forgets.”
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“My mother sighed, making me feel that I was placing an intolerable burden on her, and yet making me resent having to feel this weight. She looked tired, as she often did these days. Her tiredness bored me, made me want to attack her for it.”
― A Bird in the House
― A Bird in the House
“I stepped inside the front hall and kicked off my snow boots. I slammed the door behind me, making the dark ruby and emerald glass shake in the small leaded panes. I slid purposely on the hall rug, causing it to bunch and crinkle on the slippery polished oak of the floor.”
― A Bird in the House
― A Bird in the House
“She wakes up loving him, but not hard enough. He has dandelion hair. Stars fall and zip between them, they can't stop laughing; she falls asleep curled around him like a comma. He is gay, and often, he reminds her that she deserves better. She nods seriously and then forgets.”
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National Book Critics Circle
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Gold Wake Press
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Q&A with Livia Blackburne on Neuroscience of Reading and Writing
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What is it that transforms a page of words into something that moves us and leaves us changed? From February 13, 2011 to March 15, 2011, Livia Blackbu ...more
Necessary Fiction
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A complementary group to the webjournal Necessary Fiction, to share books by our contributors and from our reviews section.
Press 53's 53-word story contests
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Every week we post a new 53-words story at our Press 53 blog http://press53.tumblr.com/ each week with a new theme. I create the weekly contest and j ...more
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Independent library open to the public with a "bring a book/take a book" method of sharing reading materials. 4975 Comanche Trail Stow, OH 44224 ...more
