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James Farson

Goodreads Author

Born

in Peterborough, The United Kingdom

Website

http://ifearthosebigwords.wordpress.com

Twitter

jamesafarson

Genre

Poetry, Fiction

Member Since

August 2011

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/anxiolytic

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I wrote a couple of books once upon a time. Now I mostly read them. Likes modernist/experimental fiction, SFF, spy novels, mysteries. I even read a western once.

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	More Poems About Cats and Teeth 4.75 avg rating — 4 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
	Hole in the Sky and Other Stories it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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

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The best conversations are the ones you have in corridors. I stopped to talk to someone I’ve been getting to know who works in the same office as me; she mentioned something to do with one of her LinkedIn posts that I’d liked, and referenced the video content she’s been doing. I said oh, it’s great, I am sorry I haven’t been liking it or anything; I don’t know why I felt the need to apologise for

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