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I'm a writer and editor living in Duluth, Minnesota, where I write about arts and entertainment for the Duluth News Tribune. From 2013 to 2022, I was a digital producer at Minnesota Public Radio's The Current, where among other projects I hosted/wrote our Rock and Roll Book Club feature. I'm also a co-founder of The Tangential and a member of the National Book Critics Circle. Recent books I've written or co-written include Sociology for Dummies (second edition, 2021), Robots and Foundation (2020), and Wildsam Field Guides: Twin Cities (2020). I'm on Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads, Tumblr, Instagram, TikTok, and Letterboxd. Gmail: jaygabler. ...more

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	Sociology For Dummies 3.74 avg rating — 175 ratings — published 2010 — 12 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
	Sociology for Dummies by Nasar Meer, Jay Gabler (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2011 — 9 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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	Bright Lights, Twin Cities: A Collection of Stories from Real Minnesotans 3.62 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2014	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
	The Summer of 40 4.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2015	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
	Reconstructing the University: Worldwide Shifts in Academia in the 20th Century by David John Frank, Jay Gabler (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2006 — 4 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
	Robots and Foundation: A Reader's Guide to Isaac Asimov's Future History 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — 4 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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