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Donnelle McGee

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Donnelle McGee is the author of Shine (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2012), Ghost Man (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2015), and Naked (Unbound Content, 2015). His newest book, American Reverie (Thera Books, 2020), is a call-and-response poetry collection coauthored by Synnika Lofton. McGee’s work has appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Controlled Burn, Colere, the Haight Ashbury Literary Journal, Home Planet News, Iodine Poetry Journal, Permafrost, River Oak Review, Spoon River Poetry Review, and Willard & Maple, among others, and been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Donnelle teaches in the MFA Program at Oklahoma City University and serves as a professor of English at Mission College.

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	Shine 4.56 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Naked 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2015	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
	Ghost Man 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2015	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
	American Reverie by Synnika Lofton, Donnelle McGee (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 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
	Haiku Journal Issue 24 by Sharla Anderson, Debbi Antebi, Ammy Avocet it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2014	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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