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Goodreads author profile

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http://www.goodreads.com/Beth_Adams

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The United States

gender

female

website

http://www.phoeniciapublishing.com

twitter username

cassandrabeth

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Nonfiction, Poetry, Literature & Fiction

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January 2011

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Elizabeth (Beth) Adams is a writer, publisher, editor, and graphic designer. She is the founder of Phoenicia Publishing, a small independent press, and co-managing editor of qarrtsiluni online literary magazine. She is the author of Going to Heaven, (Soft Skull Press,Brooklyn, 2006) the story of Bishop Gene Robinson and the debate over ordinations of gays and lesbians, numerous essays on religion and spirtuality, and the editor of numerous poetry books and anthologies. Her blog, The Cassandra Pages, will be 10 years old in March, 2013. Beth grew up in the rural northeastern U.S., has a degree in classics from Cornell, lived in Vermont for thirty years, and currently resides in Montreal with her husband, photographer Jonathan Sa'adah. She is...more

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Eric dans son jardin

Eric in his garden (Parc Baldwin community garden, early May.) Pen and watercolor, 9"x 6". Click image for larger view.

This was the scene in the community garden in early May, a couple of weeks ago. I spent several evenings on this illustration; one to do the drawing and a couple of others working on the color.

The fence on the left separates our garden from a large community swimming pool. It's...

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Average rating: 4.50 · 14 ratings · 3 reviews · 4 distinct works · Similar authors

	Going to Heaven: The Life and Election of Bishop Gene Robinson 4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2006	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Journaling the Apocalypse by Elizabeth Adams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Dave Bonta (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Words of Power by Elizabeth Adams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), qarrtsiluni, Dave Bonta (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brilliant Coroners by Rachel Barenblat (Editor), Maria Benet (Contributor), Dave Bonta (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Elizabeth Adams wrote a new blog post Eric dans son jardin Eric in his garden (Parc Baldwin community garden, early May.) Pen and watercolor, 9"x 6". Click image for larger view.This was the scene in the co... Read more of this blog post »
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Elizabeth Adams rated a book 4 of 5 stars A Rosario Castellanos Reader by Rosario Castellanos	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Elizabeth Adams rated a book 4 of 5 stars Arráncame la vida by Ángeles Mastretta	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Elizabeth Adams rated a book 4 of 5 stars First Stop in the New World by David Lida	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Elizabeth Adams rated a book 3 of 5 stars Los Jardines Secretos de Mogador / The Secret Gardens of Mogador by Alberto Ruy Sánchez	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Elizabeth Adams made a comment on her review of The Lacuna "Absolutely! And hopefully before that too!"
Mar 10, 2013 01:00pm · see review
Elizabeth Adams wants to read El llano en llamas by Juan Rulfo	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Elizabeth Adams wants to read Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Elizabeth Adams wants to read Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz o las trampas de la fe by Octavio Paz	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“We know we are very special,” Davis writes in “Special”: “Yet we keep trying to find out in what way: not this way, not that way, then what way?” (from James Wood's review of the FSG "Collected Stories of Lydia Davis")”
― Lydia Davis

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“Sorrel soup:
"You cut the egg into slices, and you eat it with the green soup. And the mixture of the sharp green acidity and the round comfort of the egg reminds you of something extraordinary and far away.
Of home?
Certainly not, not even for Poles.
Of what then?
...Of survival, perhaps.”
― John Berger

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