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Gina Ochsner

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January 01, 1970

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GINA OCHSNER is the author of two collections of short stories, People I Wanted to Be and The Necessary Grace to Fall, both of which won the Oregon Book Award. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Best American Nonrequired Reading, Glimmer Train, and others. She is a recipient of the Flannery OConnor Award, the Ruth Hindman Foundation Prize, Guggenheim and NEA Grants, and the Raymond Carver Prize. She lives in Oregon. "

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Books by Gina Ochsner

Average rating: 3.53 · 271 ratings · 82 reviews · 4 distinct works

	The Russian Dreambook of Color and Flight 3.31 avg rating — 157 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions	My rating:
	People I Wanted to Be 3.68 avg rating — 73 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Necessary Grace to Fall 4.06 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Glimmer Train Stories #78 by Stephanie Soileau, David Rothman, Adam Theron-Lee Rensch 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2011	My rating:

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Jul 21, 2010 07:03am

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"Thanks, Don! I'll check out your work tonight!
ina "

Feb 21, 2010 04:21pm

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"The setting of many of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's works is, according to him, "not so much a place as a state of mind" -- what is this place called?"

Feb 19, 2010 10:40am

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Gina Ochsner made a comment on Kendall's review of Fado

"Hi, Kendall. This looks like a really interesting title. You'll have to tell me if you like this book!
Gina "

Feb 10, 2010 07:15am · see review

Gina Ochsner said "yes" to attending the event: Mountain Writers Series Stage I Poetry and Prose 12:00 p.m.

date: October 11, 2009 12:13PM
location: WORDSTOCK Oregon Convention Center, , The United States
description: wordstock is a major literary extravaganza for readers and writers alike. This festival is jam-packed full of conferences, how-to workshops, panel discussion and readings. Check the newspapers and wordstock website for full details. If you love words you won't want to miss this!

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