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Chad M. Christensen

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in Fremont, NE, The United States

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Poetry, Contemporary, Mystery

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Chad M. Christensen is the managing editor of the WSC Press, director of the Plains Writers Series, and a professor at Wayne State College, where he teaches publishing and creative writing. His books of lo-fi poetry are Ground Bound and Shoot From the Hip, and his latest poems have appeared in Sugar House Review and Plainsongs. He also writes a column for The Big Smoke called “Boy with Shovel.” He lives north of Omaha, Ne.

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Average rating: 4.76 · 21 ratings · 3 reviews · 4 distinct works

	Ground Bound: A Novel in Verse 4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Shoot From The Hip: a poetic novel 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2010	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
	Sugar House Review #14: Fall/Winter '16 by John Findura (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Jennifer Pruiett-Selby (Contributor), Sunni Brown Wilkinson (Contributor) 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2016	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
	Blue Veins In Paradise it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009	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 Heretic's Apprentice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #16)

by Ellis Peters

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The Club: Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age

by Leo Damrosch

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District and Circle

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