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Anara Guard

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Anara Guard grew up in Chicago where her first job was tending the corner newsstand for a penny a minute while Carl the Newspaper Man ate his lunch at Steinways. She studied writing at the Urban Gateways Young Writers Workshop of Chicago with Kathleen Agena, the Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts with Norman Corwin, Columbia College Story Workshop, St. Joseph's College with Stu Dybek, and the Bread Loaf Writers Conference with Robert Cohen and Alix Ohlin. She graduated from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, and Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science in Boston. She is the author of two collections of short stories, "Remedies for Hunger" (2014) and "The Sound of One Body" (2010). Her poetry has been published mo ...more

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	Remedies for Hunger 4.65 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	What If There Is a Fire? by Anara Guard (Goodreads Author), Gina Pfleegor (Illustrator) 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	What If You Need To Call 911? by Anara Guard (Goodreads Author), Mike Laughead (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	What If a Stranger Approaches You? by Anara Guard (Goodreads Author), Colleen M. Madden 3.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	What If You Get Lost? by Anara Guard (Goodreads Author), Dani Jones (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Danger Zone really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011 — 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 Sound of One Body: Stories really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010	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
	Violence and Teen Pregnancy: A Resource Guide for Mch Practitioners liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2003	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
	Realty: A short story 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	Violence and Teen Pregnancy: A Resource Guide for McH Practitioners 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 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

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Anara Guard rated a book really liked it Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah	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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I've long been a fan of Robert Louis Stevenson--since I was a child, enchanted by his verses and then his adventure tales. This novel, rooted in research, describes his love affair with the older (and married) Fanny Osbourne, how he pursued her acros ...more
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Oh boy, did I love this quirky, creative, unexpected book! In the early 90s, Darryl and his twin brother Kanga have multiple dilemmas: For one, they are robots and must take extraordinary measures to keep their identify secret from the humans who wou ...more
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Queen Elizabeth takes off for Scotland solo, pursued by the attendants who care for her. Funny, well written. Great read for Anglophiles or for the beach this summer.
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Lovingly rendered tale of Irish Catholic Boston and the scandals that enveloped that community, told from the point of a view of a sister whose priest brother has been accused. Anyone who has lived in Boston will recognize every street corner here. I ...more
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“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep yourself open and aware to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. ... No artist is pleased. [There is] no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others”
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