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Alexis M. Smith

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http://www.goodreads.com/AlexisMargaret

born

February 14, 1979 in Seattle, WA, The United States

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female

website

http://alexismsmith.com/

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Literature & Fiction

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Virginia Woolf
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August 2007

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Alexis M. Smith grew up in Soldotna, Alaska and Seattle, Washington. She attended Mount Holyoke College, Portland State University, and Goddard College, where she earned an MFA in Creative Writing. Her writing has appeared in Tarpaulin Sky and on Powells.com. She currently lives in Portland, Oregon with her son, two cats, and their beloved view of the St. John’s Bridge.

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Average rating: 3.86 · 383 ratings · 123 reviews · 1 distinct work

Glaciers

3.86 avg rating — 383 ratings — published 2012

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Corrigan (New York Review Books Classics)

by Caroline Blackwood

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Warm Bread and Honey Cake

by Gaitri Pagrach-Chandra

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The Arts and Crafts Movement in the Pacific Northwest

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Alexis marked as to-read: Crazy Brave: A Memoir by Joy Harjo	My rating:
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Alexis is currently reading: Corrigan (New York Review Books Classics) by Caroline Blackwood	My rating:
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Alexis gave to: India's Vegetarian Cooking by Monisha Bharadwaj	My rating:
Most Indian cookbooks intimidate the dickens out of me. They read more like dictionaries than something I would actually cook from. This one is totally approachable. Bharadwaj goes through the major regions of India, giving a concise description of e...more
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Alexis is currently reading: Warm Bread and Honey Cake by Gaitri Pagrach-Chandra	My rating:
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“Monotonous and thankless as her job can be sometimes, she cheers at the thought of her coworkers - a dozen of them crammed into their little offices in the basement - all cleverly disguised as harmless geeks, all capable of saving the world if called upon.”
― Alexis M. Smith, Glaciers

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