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Janina Rusiecki

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Chicago, The United States

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http://jr-williams.com/

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Children's, Young Adult

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October 2010

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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

by Karen Abbott (Goodreads Author)

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The Yeast Connection: A Medical Breakthrough

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The Amazing Liver and Gallbladder Flush: A Powerful Do-It-Yourself Tool to Optimize Your Health and Well-being...and Much More

by Andreas Moritz

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“Do you hate people?”

“I don't hate them...I just feel better when they're not around.”
― Charles Bukowski, Barfly

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“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”
― S.G. Tallentyre, The Friends of Voltaire

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“Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.”
― Voltaire

tags: books, reading

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“God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.”
― Voltaire

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“Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.”
― Voltaire

tags: absurdities, atheism, atrocities, barbarity, injustice, religion, skepticism

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