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Jim Tomlinson grew up in a small northern Illinois town and lived for many years in a small New England town. He lives now in rural Kentucky with his wife, fiber artist Gin Petty. His fiction and poetry have been published in The Pinch, Shenandoah, Bellevue Literary Review, and elsewhere.

Jim's debut short story collection, Things Kept, Things Left Behind, won the 2006 Iowa Short Fiction Award. His short story, "First Husband, First Wife" was published in Five Points and recently anthologized in New Stories from the South, 2008.

A second book of stories, Nothing Like An Ocean, is just out, published by University Press of Kentucky.


Average rating: 4.46 · 101 ratings · 29 reviews · 7 distinct works
Things Kept, Things Left Be...
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Nothing Like an Ocean: Stories
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Seven Days in December
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Economic Policy
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message 5: by Lori

Lori Thank you for the friendship!


Jeannie Faulkner Barber Thanks Jim for adding me as a friend. Your website is very impressive. I notice you live in Berea. One of my son's went to the college there several years ago. Kentucky is a beautiful place.
I'd love for you to visit my web site, jeanniebarber.com. I'm a novice writer so feel free to make any kind of suggestions, ideas or thoughts to correct it. I’m co-authoring a novel with a friend of over 30 years. While you're there, please sign the guestbook, too! There’s also a link to our book you can click on…clairkelley@synthasite.com. This site is brand new and in the editing stage as is our story. Please visit it as well.
Blessings,
Jeannie



Aurelio Thank you for "friending" me here, Jim!


Barbara Jim,
I don't know if you know, but the podcast of when you were on my radio show with guest host Marrie Stone has been uploaded and is available for listening. Go to http://writersonwriting.blogspot.com and scan down a bit.

Barbara


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Susan Henderson Thanks, Jim!

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