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GINA OCHSNER is the author of two collections of short stories, People I Wanted to Be and The Necessary Grace to Fall, both of which won the Oregon Book Award. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Best American Nonrequired Reading, Glimmer Train, and others. She is a recipient of the Flannery OConnor Award, the Ruth Hindman Foundation Prize, Guggenheim and NEA Grants, and the Raymond Carver Prize. She lives in Oregon. " ...more

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	The Russian Dreambook of Color and Flight 3.37 avg rating — 400 ratings — published 2009 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	People I Wanted to Be 3.69 avg rating — 153 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 Hidden Letters of Velta B. 3.49 avg rating — 150 ratings — published 2016 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 Necessary Grace to Fall 4.07 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Pleased to Be Otherwise 3.65 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	A cappella Zoo #10: BESTIARY: The best of the inaugural demi-decade of A cappella Zoo by Gina Ochsner (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Colin Meldrum (Editor), Julie C. Day (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	xo Orpheus: Fifty New Myths by Kate Bernheimer (Editor, Contributor), Laura van den Berg (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Ron Currie Jr. (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.46 avg rating — 683 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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	Oregon Reads Aloud: A Collection of 25 Children's Stories by Oregon Authors and Illustrators by Curtis C. Chen (Goodreads Author), Smart (Preparation), Addie Boswell 4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Glimmer Train Stories, #78 by Susan Burmeister-Brown (Editor), Linda B. Swanson-Davies (Editor), Stephanie Soileau (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.33 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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