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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. "

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	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
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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 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings	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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