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Found Voices© The Podcast 
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SIDE-EYE ON THE APOCALYPSE; An Anthology of Prose and Poetry from 2020

 

Featuring Jack Grapes, Myself, and many of the writers I have studied with over the years. 

What You'll Need For Adventures In Writing: 

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Method Writing, The First Four Concepts  Jack Grapes

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Method Writing, The Art of Tonal Dynamics  Jack Grapes

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Poetry

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Like A Beggar, Ellen Bass

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Love Is A Dog From Hell,  Charles Bukowski

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All Of Us—The Collected Poems, Raymond Carver

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Mayakowvsky's Revolver;  Matthew Dickman

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Portable Kisses, Tess Gallagher

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The Blessing and Collected Poems, Richard Jones

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This Perfect Life, Kate Knapp Johnson

 

New Selected Poems, Mark Strand

 

 

Fiction and Memoir (including Gothic Horror, Mystery, Detective and Psychological Thriller)

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Cathedral, Raymond Carver

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The Midnight Library, Matthew Haig

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The Paper Palace: A Novel, Miranda Cowley Heller

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Not By Accident; Samantha Dunn

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Magpie Murders, Anthony Horowitz

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The Pat Hobby Stories, F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Gone Girl;  Gillian Flynn

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The Short Stories: The First Forty-nine Stories

with a Brief Preface by the Author, Ernest Hemingway

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Strangers On A Train, Patricia Highsmith

 

The Talented Mr. Ripley, Patricia Highsmith

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Cowboys Are My Weakness, Pam Houston

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In A Lonely Place, Dorothy Hughes

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Ride The Pink Horse, Dorothy Hughes

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Mexican Gothic, Sylvia Moreno-Garcia

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Silver Nitrate, Sylvia Moreno-Garcia

 

The New York Stories, John O'Hara

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The Maid: A Novel, Nita Prose

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No One Will Miss Her, Kat Rosenfield

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POP 1280, Jim Thompson

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The Killer Inside Me, Jim Thompson

 

Chronology of Water, Lydia Yuknavich

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Books About Writing, Creativity, and Life

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When The Rewards Can Be So Great; Essays on Writing & The Writing Life

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The Right to Write An Invitation and Initiation Into the Writing Life; Julia Cameron

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Poetic Medicine: The Healing Art of Poem-Making; John Fox

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Change Your Thoughts—Change Your Life, Living the Wisdom of the Tao;  Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

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Big Magic: Creative Living Without Fear; Elizabeth Gilbert

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Judgment Detox: Release the Beliefs That Hold You Back From Living a Better Life;  Gabrielle Bernstein

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You Can Heal Your Life; Louise Hay

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Books Written By My Friends

 

Paddle to Paddle, Lois Chapin 

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The Naked Eye: New and Selected Poems, 1987-2012; 

Jack Grapes

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WIDE ROAD to the edge of the world

301 Haiku and One Long Essay: "A Windswept Spirit":

Jack Grapes

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Uncertain Resident, Tova Hinda Siegel

 

Dr. Nightingale's Workbook for Mental Health

During a Pandemic, Dr. Lois Nightingale


Kicking Towards the Deep End, Lisa Segal

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Above Houses, Broken Windows, Oceans, Alima Sherman

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Other Cool Stuff To Support Your Creative Process:​

The Wild Unknown Archetype Deck & Guide Book; Kim Krans

The Universe Has Your Back: Transform Fear to Faith: Gabrielle Bernstein

Super Attractor: A 52-Card Deck

Gabrielle Bernstein

Sacred Rebels Oracle: Guidance for Living a Unique & Authentic Life; Alana Fairchild & Autumn Skye Morrison

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