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Rachel Swirsky holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers Workshop and is a graduate of Clarion West. Her work has been short-listed for the Nebula, the Hugo, and the Sturgeon Award, and placed second in 2010's Million Writers Award. In addition to numerous publications in magazines and anthologies, Swirsky is the author of three short stories published as e-books, "Eros, Philia, Agape," "The Memory of Wind," and "The Monster's Million Faces." Her fiction and poetry has been collected in THROUGH THE DROWSY DARK (Aqueduct Press, 2010). A second collection, HOW THE WORLD BECAME QUIET: MYTHS OF THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE, is forthcoming from Subterranean Press.


I try to draw a line between criticism and violence.

I do, actually, get online threats of actual violence. This isn't unusual for bloggers, especially ones who belong to oppressed groups. I tend to get mine because I'm a woman, a feminist and a Jew. If someone receives rape and/or death threats -- and people do, far too often, especially if they belong to marginalized groups -- I find that horr... Read more of this blog post »
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Average rating: 3.67 · 1,947 ratings · 472 reviews · 49 distinct works · Similar authors
A Memory of Wind
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 248 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions
Eros, Philia, Agape
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3.57 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 230 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions
The Lady Who Plucked Red Fl...
4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2010
Fields of Gold
3.29 of 5 stars 3.29 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2011
People of the Book: A Decad...
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3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions
Portrait of Lisane de Patagnia
3.47 of 5 stars 3.47 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions
The Monster's Million Faces
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3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions
Through the Drowsy Dark: Sh...
3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2010
Clarkesworld Magazine Issue 53
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3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
Diving After The Moon
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011
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“He glared at Lucian in the manner of birds, first peering through one eye and then turning his head to peer through the other, apparently finding both views equally loathsome.”
Rachel Swirsky, Eros, Philia, Agape

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