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Jennifer D. Munro

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Jennifer D. Munro’s essays and stories have been published in over sixty anthologies and literary journals, including Best of Best American Erotica; six editions of Mammoth Book of Best New Erotica; The Bigger the Better the Tighter the Sweater: 21 Funny Women on Beauty and Body Image; Secrets and Confidences: The Complicated Truth About Women's Friendships; and Literary Mama: Reading for the Maternally Inclined. Whether fiction or nonfiction, J.D. offers a candid yet often humorous exploration of sex and the sexes, with a quirky yet earthy take on topics such as body image, infertility, gender roles, and marriage. J.D.'s humorous stories about sex are collected in The Erotica Writer’s Husband & Other Stories. ...more

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I finally finished knitting a super cute Eastern Market Bag. With scant yarn left, I made the strap two-toned. I ran out of yarn altogether before I completed the bottom, so I substituted a muti-colored cotton, which I think “makes” the bag. I rarely exactly follow a pattern. Now I’ll have to figure out how to carry the bag upside-down.

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	The Best of Best American Erotica 2008 by Susie Bright (Goodreads Author), Jennifer D. Munro (Goodreads Author), Alicia Gifford (Contributor) 3.57 avg rating — 157 ratings — published 2008 — 6 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 Bigger the Better, the Tighter the Sweater: 21 Funny Women on Beauty, Body Image, and Other Hazards of Being Female by Samantha Schoech (Editor), Jennifer D. Munro (Goodreads Author) 3.49 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2007	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
	Literary Mama: Reading for the Maternally Inclined by Andrea J. Buchanan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jennifer D. Munro (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2005 — 9 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
	Secrets and Confidences: The Complicated Truth About Women's Friendships by Karen Eng, Jennifer D. Munro (Goodreads Author) 3.40 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2004	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 Mammoth Book of the Best of Best New Erotica by Maxim Jakubowski (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Poppy Z. Brite (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Ian Watson (Contributor) 3.50 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2012 — 5 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
	Thou Shalt Not... by Lee Allen Howard (Goodreads Author), Lawrence C. Connolly (Contributor), Kevin J. Anderson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.28 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2006	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 Erotica Writer's Husband & Other Stories 3.62 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	The Erotica Writer's Husband and Other Stories 3.08 avg rating — 13 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
	The Strangler Fig: Stories 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	The Erotica Writer's Husband and Other Stories it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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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Jennifer D. Munro said: " Floored and stunned: wow! "The Only Thing Missing Was the Howling of the Wolves" is the most compelling and powerful short story I've read in ages. I also can't stop thinking about "Advice for the Haunted" (which I read first though it's the last sto ...more "

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Fun read. A book/author recommended by Susan Elizabeth Phillips, though it's not a romance. I'm not sure what genre to call it: humorous women's fiction? Good for the five-hour airplane ride I was on and late night "I'm tired" reading. Snorted a coup ...more
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I adore this narrator and her family. Sometimes I found myself laughing out loud at the perfect observation or reaction. Angie is so subtly subversive and funny with her understated acts of resistance as she goes from kindergarten through high school ...more
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I gave this book a try because the author is speaking at our writers group next month. I wouldn't normally have picked it up, because, although I love nature writing and nature, I would not have singled out a book on wolves or on Yellowstone. I'm so ...more
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