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Mary Vensel White is the author of Things to See in Arizona, Starling, Bellflower, and The Qualities of Wood.

She teaches writing and English and is the owner/editor at Type Eighteen Editing and publisher at Type Eighteen Books. She lives in southern California.

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	The Qualities of Wood 3.06 avg rating — 382 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
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You can see that we are already well into 2024, but I wanted to share my favorite reads of 2023. Some are independently published books and we all know those can use all the word-of-mouth possible! My reading numbers have gone down in recent years, as I do so much reading for editing, teaching, and now, publishing! I'm not complaining! I love each of these aspects of my book life. In 2023, I read

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