Kathleen Rooney
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Beckley, West Virginia, The United States
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Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk
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2017
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Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey
7 editions
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2020
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From Dust to Stardust
5 editions
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2023
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Live Nude Girl: My Life as an Object
7 editions
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2009
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Robinson Alone
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2012
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O, Democracy!
4 editions
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2014
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For You, for You I am Trilling These Songs
7 editions
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2009
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Oneiromance
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2008
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Reading with Oprah: The Book Club that Changed America
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2005
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Where Are the Snows: Poems
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"I got really bored at the end buttt otherwise it was good
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"Excellent read. Loved the words (didn't know them all), the walking, the story structure, and the history. Good job!"
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"4.5 stars!
I met the author at a Poems While You Wait event at the American Writers Museum in Chicago years ago, but never knew until now that she had also written fiction books. This was an absolutely lovely read! A perfect way to spend a relaxing we" Read more of this review » |
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“Shame is therefore frequently tied to failings of the ideal self” (xi). “The event which generates shame, whether innate or learned, becomes inexorably linked with any or all responses that follow shame” (xi). “Only by embracing a new vision of self a ...more |
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“plenty of debris floated in open water, everything from milk jugs to old rafts to refrigerators, which could complicate a search. It wasn’t the same as standing on flat land and looking into the distance, or peering from a car on the Interstate. On ...more | |
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“The decision to change relationships is full of risks for the person who dares to take the first step. While the impetus begins with one person, however, the new patterns ultimately have to be practiced, not just in therapy, but at home and in real ...more | |
“I thought at times that poetry might be an elegant way of screaming.”
― Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk
― Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk
“If you love something, know that it will leave on a day you are far from ready.”
― Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk
― Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk
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