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Caitlin M.S. Buxbaum is a writer and teacher born and raised in Alaska. She has a Master of Arts in Teaching and a B.A. in Japanese Studies and English. In her three years as a reporter, she wrote more than 600 stories for the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman. In 2019 she founded Red Sweater Press and has published eight books of her own poetry, fiction, and photography under that imprint.

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	Stakes 4.75 avg rating — 4 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
	Songs from the Underground it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 4 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 Birthday Picture: and Other Stories by Caitlin M.S. Buxbaum (Goodreads Author), Briana Bloom (Illustrations) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 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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	The Compendium of Lost Poems it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
	Uneven Lanes it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 4 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
	Ever Unknown, Ever Misunderstood it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
	Wabi-Sabi World: An Artist's Search it was amazing 5.00 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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	Spell Check: Lessons Learned from Screwing Up Words by Caitlin M.S. Buxbaum (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Colette Freedman (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 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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The Rain in the Trees

by W.S. Merwin

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Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table

by Thomas Malory

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This was hard to read after reading the script and seeing the movie; the pace feels too slow and the melancholy became so oppressive I couldn't read more than a chapter at a time. Much of it is beautifully written but in this version, more than the o ...more
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Caitlin Buxbaum rated a book really liked it How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States by Daniel Immerwahr	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
Worth the read. Will continue to identify as Alaskan over American.
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I finished this book because I bought it. I bought it because I love poetry and Muckle Flugga. But I struggled with some of the dialect (I'm not Scottish) and many of the poems, trying to determine if they were meant to be persona or not. There were ...more
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