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Janina Rusiecki

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Chicago, The United States

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Janina Rusiecki Williams is a freelance writer and the author of the children’s books, In This World Together and A Most Perfect Day. She has been featured in Luna Station Quarterly, Chicago Literary Map, Gapers Block, the Chicago NFT Guide, and Smith Magazine’s, Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure. She has a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from the University of Illinois and is currently working on a short story collection and young adult novel. She lives with her husband and son in Chicago and is co-owner of the multimedia firm, Mushmato, Ltd. You can view more of her work at: http://jr-williams.com. ...more

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Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul

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