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Charles Jensen is the author of six chapbooks of poems, including the recent Story Problems and Breakup/Breakdown, and The First Risk, which was a finalist for the 2010 Lambda Literary Award. A second collection, Nanopedia, was published in 2018 by Tinderbox Editions. His previous chapbooks include Living Things, which won the 2006 Frank O’Hara Chapbook Award, and The Strange Case of Maribel Dixon (New Michigan Press, 2007). His poem “Tucson” received the 2018 Zócalo Poetry Prize. A past recipient of an Artist’s Project Grant from the Arizona Commission on the Arts, his poetry has appeared in American Poetry Review, Bloom, Columbia Poetry Review, Copper Nickel, Field, The Journal, New England Review, and Prairie Schooner. He is the founding ...more

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Average rating: 4.63 · 234 ratings · 49 reviews · 16 distinct works • Similar authors

	Splice of Life: A Memoir in 13 Film Genres 4.83 avg rating — 29 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
	The Strange Case of Maribel Dixon 4.62 avg rating — 29 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
	The First Risk 4.76 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	Instructions Between Takeoff and Landing 4.67 avg rating — 21 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
	Nanopedia 4.68 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2018	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 Nanopedia Quick-Reference Pocket Lexicon of Contemporary American Culture by Charles Jensen (Goodreads Author), Didi Menendez (Series Editor) 4.92 avg rating — 12 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
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	Living Things 4.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2006 — 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
	Breakup/Breakdown 4.67 avg rating — 9 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
	Cross Cutting 4.43 avg rating — 7 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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“Don’t wait until you “feel like it.” Don’t have a wishbone where your backbone should be. Sometimes,”
― Charles Jensen, Positive Thinking: 3 Books that Will Boost Your Success and Happiness

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“Forgive yourself – You cannot hold on to mistakes you’ve made. If you do, it just makes you waste your time and blocks your progress. So forgive yourself. Give yourself a break. You’re not perfect, and it’s okay that you’re not. Nobody is.”
― Charles Jensen, Positive Thinking: 3 Books that Will Boost Your Success and Happiness

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“Keep life simple – Too many times, we fill up our lives and schedules with things that are useless. Unnecessary decisions, unnecessary activities, checking your email too often or being on social media all day, trying to fill up your time too much with media entertainment, filling up your home with clutter and junk that you don’t need… keep it simple and you’ll find that life is more satisfying.”
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