Cynthia Gallaher
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http://www.goodreads.com/clvcpoet
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female
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Chicago, The United States
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Poetry, Health, Mind & Body, Cooking, Food & Wine
influences
Galway Kinnell, Emily Dickinson, A.E. Stallings, Timothy Steele, Dave Etter, Basho, Frank Loesser, Steven Sondheim, Leonard Cohen, Jim Harrison, Sandra Cisneros, Ana Castillo
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March 2008
about this author
Poet, writer and writing workshop leader for more than 15 years in libraries, schools, spas, arts centers, community centers and resorts.
Listed on Chicago Public Library's "Top 10 Most Requested Poets" and named by Today's Chicago Woman magazine as one of "100 Women Making a Difference."
Presents journal writing, poetry writing and creative writing workshops from half-day to six-week courses.
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Swimmer's Prayer by Cynthia Gallaher (Goodreads author) avg rating 5.00 — 3 ratings — published 1999 |
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Night Ribbons by Cynthia Gallaher (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.67 — 3 ratings — published 1990 |
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Earth Elegance by Cynthia Gallaher (Goodreads author) avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 2000 |
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The Butcher's Apron: New & Selected Poems Including Greed: Part 14 (Paperback) by Diane Wakoski bookshelves: currently-reading |
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Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul (Hardcover) by Karen Abbott bookshelves: currently-reading |
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Bananas: an American History (Paperback) by Virginia Scott Jenkins |
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The Butcher's Apron: New & Selected Poems Including Greed: Part 14 (Paperback) by Diane Wakoski |
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Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul (Hardcover) by Karen Abbott |
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The Time Traveler's Wife (Paperback) by Audrey Niffenegger |
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"The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug." — Mark Twain | |
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"Writing is an affair of yearning for great voyages and hauling on frayed ropes." — Israel Shenker | |
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"I travel a lot. I hate having my life disrupted by routine."
— Caskie Stinnett
— Caskie Stinnett
"Writing is an affair of yearning for great voyages and hauling on frayed ropes."
— Israel Shenker
— Israel Shenker
"The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug."
— Mark Twain (The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain: A Book of Quotations)
— Mark Twain (The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain: A Book of Quotations)
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