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Award-winning writer Anne Leigh Parrish's fifth short story collection, PEOPLE RUIN EVERYTHING, arrives in October from Unsolicited Press. Her latest poetry collection, THE BANISHED AND THE DEAD, came out last March. Her latest novel, A BROKEN WINDOW, published in June 2025 as part of Unsolicited Press's Year of Womxn. She has recently ventured into the art of photography and displays her work at www.laviniastudios.com. She lives among the evergreen trees in the South Sound region of Washington State. Find her online at her www.anneleighparrish.com, Medium, Instagram, Threads, LinkedIn, Bluesky, and Goodreads. ...more

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	Women Within 3.33 avg rating — 597 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
	Our Love Could Light the World 3.92 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	All the Roads That Lead from Home 3.88 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2011 — 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 amendment 3.96 avg rating — 50 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
	What is Found, What is Lost: A Novel 4.17 avg rating — 47 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 Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change

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Every poet, since the first of us held a quill to vellum, writes of love. What is it? Why its power over us? Where to find it, and how do we know it’s real? As human beings, poets or not, we’re obsessed with love at times in our lives, and these mome ...more
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