Laura van den Berg
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The Third Hotel
9 editions
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2018
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Find Me
23 editions
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2015
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I Hold a Wolf by the Ears: Stories
14 editions
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2020
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The Isle of Youth: Stories
11 editions
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2013
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What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us: Stories
12 editions
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2009
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State of Paradise
6 editions
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2024
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There Will Be No More Good Nights Without Good Nights
4 editions
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2012
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Ploughshares Spring 2021 Guest-edited by Laura van den Berg
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Where We Must Be (Electric Literature's Recommended Reading #131
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Antarctica
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“The two impulses cannot be separated. The desire to have a life and the desire to disappear from it. The world is unlivable and yet we live in it every day.”
― The Third Hotel
― The Third Hotel
“Winds shake the leaves and for a moment I smell smoke. I concentrate on the scent, but it vanishes into the aroma of rain and tree bark, the way one life can collapse into another and different people can stir within the same body, like bats thrashing inside a secret hollow.”
― What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us: Stories
― What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us: Stories
Topics Mentioning This Author
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Challenge: 50 Books: Jess J's 50 book challenge | 93 | 241 | Dec 31, 2010 03:45PM | |
The Seasonal Read...: Spring Challenge 2011 Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS) | 2883 | 1104 | Jun 01, 2011 05:01AM | |
The Seasonal Read...: 10.7 - Blown Away | 12 | 108 | Jul 23, 2013 04:23PM | |
The Seasonal Read...: Summer Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS) | 2515 | 761 | Sep 01, 2013 05:04AM | |
Book Keeping: The Isle of Youth by Laura van den Berg | 1 | 12 | Jan 30, 2014 06:56PM | |
2024 Reading Chal...: The Goodreads Authors Challenge - 2014 | 330 | 641 | Dec 27, 2014 08:49AM | |
2024 Reading Chal...: Caro Pi's Corner | 39 | 93 | Jan 01, 2015 11:50PM |
Black Oceanographers
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This group is designed to discuss books published by Black Ocean, receive updates on publications and get news on author events. All are welcome, only ...more
This group is designed to discuss books published by Black Ocean, receive updates on publications and get news on author events. All are welcome, only ...more
Flash Fiction
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— last activity Feb 22, 2023 03:56PM
Flash is a short-short story characterized by brevity and intensity of the language. It borderlines poetry and some people call it “prose poem.” Howev ...more
Flash is a short-short story characterized by brevity and intensity of the language. It borderlines poetry and some people call it “prose poem.” Howev ...more
Opium Magazine Contests!
— 33 members
— last activity Feb 17, 2009 05:27PM
Opium's oddball contests let writers submit stories for the chance to win $1,000. Currently, Tom Perrotta is judging our 500-Word Memoir Contest, de ...more
Opium's oddball contests let writers submit stories for the chance to win $1,000. Currently, Tom Perrotta is judging our 500-Word Memoir Contest, de ...more
Opium's Literary Death Match
— 60 members
— last activity Feb 17, 2009 05:24PM
Opium’s Literary Death Match is a competitive, humor-centric reading series that features four readers (who represent print and online literary concer ...more
Opium’s Literary Death Match is a competitive, humor-centric reading series that features four readers (who represent print and online literary concer ...more
Contest Extravaganza!
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Word Riot Press
— 154 members
— last activity Jan 05, 2010 07:28PM
For fans of online literary magazine Word Riot and its small press extension Word Riot Press
For fans of online literary magazine Word Riot and its small press extension Word Riot Press
¡ POETRY !
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No pretensions: just poetry. Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to read ...more
No pretensions: just poetry. Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to read ...more
PPS BOOK TITLE PROMOTION
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— last activity Mar 20, 2023 06:12AM
"Calling All Readers" Discover new books for your shelf and read the reviews from Premium Promotional Services. SCROLL DOWN to BOOKSHELF. Enjoy! Auth ...more
"Calling All Readers" Discover new books for your shelf and read the reviews from Premium Promotional Services. SCROLL DOWN to BOOKSHELF. Enjoy! Auth ...more
LiNkS..
— 59 members
— last activity Dec 21, 2010 04:01PM
LINKS LINKS AND MORE LINKS! IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SHOW OFF SHOW IT HERE!
LINKS LINKS AND MORE LINKS! IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SHOW OFF SHOW IT HERE!
Magic the Gathering Novels
— 158 members
— last activity Aug 11, 2017 04:44PM
This is a discussion group about the various novels and storylines based on the Magic the Gathering game.
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