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Jason Montgomery Dry

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June 24, 1973 in Sulphur Springs, Texas, The United States

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Jason Dry was born and raised in Texas, and he graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a BA in literature in 1995. He lives and teaches Spanish in Colorado. Jason Dry loves his job as a teacher, because it enables him to develop relationships with many people of different cultures and to learn their stories, and it thereby enriches his understanding of how people think, how they interact with others, and how they react to the physical world which we all inhabit.


So many of my male students come to school in the mornings with their heads down on their desks, eyes glazed over and burning. When I ask them what is wrong, so many of them say that they have stayed up all night playing World War Craft or Halo. Some of them stay up till 3 or 4 in the morning, and they have to drag themselves from bed to arrive at school at 7 am. No wonder they are exhausted an... read more »
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Average rating: 4.00 · 18 ratings · 10 reviews · 1 distinct work
House of Love
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2010
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POEM FOR MY GREAT-GRANDMOTHER, MAMA SEWELL, AFTER HER PASSING by Jason Dry (Poetry)
1 chapters   —   updated May 06, 2010 08:39pm
Description: Poem

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Isn't it great when we get a visit from an old friend from far away? A memory can be like this. A thought in our head in which we suddenly, clearly... read more »
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House of Love by Jason Montgomery Dry
" This story has down-to-earth characters, that felt like part of an extended family to me. The tragedy that the story revolves around in the beginning, is nothing like the surprise towards the end. I should say the end isn't as tragic as it seems b... "
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House of Love by Jason Montgomery Dry
" WOW!!
I was reading this book thinking it was going one way and then all of a sudden a really big twist!! Along the lines of Agatha Christie the way things all of sudden fall into place when the last little bit of the puzzle is revealed.
I liked how... "
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House of Love by Jason Montgomery Dry
" I really enjoyed House of Love. The characters were all so believable that I feel like I have known people just like them. The premise that our dead loved ones watch over us is one I have always hoped was true. The plot kept teasing you along and... "
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"My writing habits are, unfortunately, sporadic. I will write for hours and then, suddenly, I find a speed bump that takes days of pondering to figure...more "
"I was living in Berlin, Germany. I had been in Europe for several years, first in Madrid, Spain, and then in Berlin. Three days after I moved to Madri...more "
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