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Tess Kincaid

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Historical Fiction, Horror, Poetry

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Tess Kincaid has written three novels; PECHEWA: AN AMERICA ODYSSEY (2024), LIMESTONE: LEGACY OF A CURSE (2024), and VILE FIGS (2025) all available from Amazon.

Her poetry collections have been published by Finishing Line Press. Her work has appeared in Painted Bride Quarterly, Iodine Poetry Journal, Ohio Poetry Association Anthology, Prole, and numerous online journals. She is a Forward Prize nominee.

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	Unpressed it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 8 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
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We Did Ok, Kid: A Memoir

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“Peachy imagined the two great chiefs far off in the big white house, sucking their pipes, talking peace, and drawing on some ancient power to cut a hole in the day.”
― Tess Kincaid, Pechewa: An American Odyssey

tags: american-history, ancient-power, chippewa, history, hole-in-the-day, lincoln, native-americans, peace

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“Catharine dared not voice her opinion, but she knew, beyond the shadow of any doubt, that if the mothers of the world ruled governments, there would be no war.”
― Tess Kincaid, Pechewa: An American Odyssey

tags: anti-war, feminism, mothers, women-s-wisdom

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“I love how words travel through time; across space and time like little comets, their various meanings burning off like tails behind them.”
― Tess Kincaid, Pechewa: An American Odyssey

tags: etymology, history, meanings, origins, words

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“I love how words travel through time; across space and time like little comets, their various meanings burning off like tails behind them.”
― Tess Kincaid, Pechewa: An American Odyssey

tags: etymology, history, meanings, origins, words

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