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http://www.goodreads.com/KiddEternity

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in Bangor, ME, The United States

April 18

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female

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http://kiddeternity.wordpress.com/

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kiddeternity

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Literature & Fiction, Poetry, Women & Gender Studies

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Allie Marini Batts is an alumna of New College of Florida, meaning she can explain deconstructionism, but cannot perform simple math. Her work has appeared in over 100 literary publications that her parents haven't heard of. Her chapbook, "With This Ring" was a 2012 finalist for the Casey Shay Press annual Mary Ballard award. Her short story, "Two Pounds, Two Ounces" was recognized as a Story of Distinction in the 2012 E.M. Koppel Short Fiction Awards and she is a 2012 poetry nominee for the Sundress Press "Best of the Net" Award. Allie lives in Tallahassee with her husband, where she feeds and befriends opossums and treefrogs. She is a research writer and is pursuing her MFA degree in Creative Writing through Antioch University Los Angeles...more

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Average rating: 4.71 · 70 ratings · 12 reviews · 14 distinct works · Similar authors

	You Might Curse Before You Bless 4.89 of 5 stars 4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2013	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
	Hot Summer Nights: A Collection of Erotic Poetry & Prose 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012	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
	Stone Highway Review 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012	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
	Conclave: A Journal of Character: Spring 2012 (Volume 3) 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012	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
	The First Line 4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012	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
	SLAB 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	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
	Emerge Literary Journal Summer 2012 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	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
	Multi Culti Mixterations:: Playful and Profound Cultural Interpretations Through Haiku 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
	The best of Vine Leaves Literary Journal 2012 by Jessica Bell (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Dawn Ius (Editor), Adam Byatt (Contributor) 4.81 of 5 stars 4.81 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2012	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
	Torn Realities by Paul Anderson (Goodreads Author) (editor), J.W. Schnarr (Goodreads Author) (contributor), Jamie Lackey (contributor) 4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2012	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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Allie Batts liked Moriah Lachapell's review of You Might Curse Before You Bless:

You Might Curse Before You Bless by Allie Marini Batts

" Wit is the first word that comes to mind when I read Allie's book. Her writing is beautiful and honest. Nourishing as vegetable soup and corrosively appropriate as salt water. Allie is an exceptional writer and I look forward to reading more. "

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" This collection of poems range from recollections of childhood to marital woes, all with power and poise. Some of the poems in this collection, like "centering" and "Gravewatchers," seem to falter a bit in the trickery they employ. Batts is at her... "
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Birth in Storm
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I don’t know Leah Sewell—but I want to. Her first poetry chapbook, Birth in Storm, is every bit as tempestuous as its title promises. Leah’s poems deliver on everything that accompanies a natural disaster—the threat and the destruction, as well as th...more

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