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New & Collected Works by Lee Howard
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MOTIF Vol. 2: Come What May
an anthology of Writings about Chance
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'Tis A Gift
by Rebecca Mitchell Turney
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Since The End
poems by Alison Kolodinsky

Back To Abnormal
essays by Dana Wildsmith

This Gone Place
poems by Lisa J. Parker

Her Troublesome Boys
The Lucy Furman Story
biography by Greta McDonough

Ten Tongues
short fiction by Cyn Kitchen
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The Hurting Part
Evolution of an American Play
non-fiction by Silas House

Two Stories
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Kilroy Was Here
poems by Constance Alexander

The Well String
poems by Noel Smith

Hey Diddle Diddle
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The King of Gaheena
a novel by Squire Babcock

Her Secret Song
poems by Jim Minick

Ring The Silver Bell
The Alice Slone Story
biography by Nancy Kelly Allen
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make yourself at home ...
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hilarious adult fiction
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Can A Democrat get into Heaven?
essays by Anne Shelby

Pearl Maker
a novel by CC Wharton
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Don't You Remember?
a memoir by George Ella Lyon

Who Needs June Cleaver?
a memoir by Constance Alexander

Asymmetry
poetry by Judy Sizemore

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World Premieres from Horse Cave
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Here & Then
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We All Live Downstream
Writings About Mountaintop Removal
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MOTIF Vol. 1: Writing By Ear
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Stories Told In Stone
Cemetery Iconology
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After The Garden
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volume 1 in the
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many voices speak truth about
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MOTIF Vol. 3: All The Livelong Day
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Chigger
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Tilt-A-Whirl
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Tree of Life
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General Collection

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extended family and rural life
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