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Novelist, poet.
Author of--
Valley Boy, Second Edition
No Century for Apologies: Short listed for the Hoffer Grand Prize 2023
Citadel, the novel
Blood
The California Quartet:
The Deification--Book One
Valley Boy--Book Two (first Edition)
The Book of Changes--Book Three
Trio of Lost Souls--Book Four
Gabriela and The Widow (Winner "Best Women's Fiction" Orangeberry Virtual Book Expo; Montaigne Medal Finalist; Book of the Year Award Finalist)
co-author of The Weekend Novelist Writes a Mystery (with Robert J. Ray)
Satori-poems by Jack Remick
Doubles in a Game of Chance--a novel about a bureaucratic nightmare and a lost protagonist on a thankless quest.
Man Alone--The Dark Book
Songs of Sadness Joy and Despair for the Anthropocene--a pen in one hand, a ...more

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	Gabriela and The Widow by Jack Remick (Goodreads Author), Kevin Coyne (Photographer), Meredith Bricken Mills (Illustrator) 4.56 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2013 — 6 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
	Blood by Jack Remick (Goodreads Author), Meredith Bricken Mills (Contributor), M. Anne Sweet (Illustrator) 4.50 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2010 — 9 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
	Citadel 4.53 avg rating — 17 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
	Valley Boy by Jack Remick (Goodreads Author), Meredith Bricken Mills (Contributor), M. Anne Sweet (Illustrator) 4.87 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2012 — 6 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
	Pacific Coast Highway 4.40 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2013 — 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 Deification 3.87 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Satori it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2014 — 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 Book of Changes by Jack Remick (Goodreads Author), Meredith Bricken Mills (Contributor), M. Anne Sweet (Illustrator) 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2013 — 8 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
	Falcon 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2013 — 6 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
	Trio of Lost Souls 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2015 — 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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New site for a new direction

Mindy Halleck has put together a website for my writing. All my novels are listed there with links to several blogs. Follow this link: Jack Remick Writing.

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Jack Remick rated a book it was amazing Cartographies of Home by Priscilla Long (Goodreads Author)	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
Each word we speak or write or read has history. We use words without respect for their history. Though each word is a gift from the past, most of each word’s past is lost to us. Still if we care to look, the history of each word tells us so much abo ...more
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Gabriela and The Widow--Montaigne Medal Finalist, Eric Hoffer Awards 2014 https://hofferaward.com/Montaigne-Med... Gabriela and The Widow--Winner "Best Women's Fiction" in the Orangeberry Hall of Fame Virtual Book Expo, 2013. Gabriela and The Widow Fina ...more
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Jack Remick rated a book it was amazing Blood by Jack Remick (Goodreads Author)	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 Book of Changes got a sterling review from ForeWord Reviews. I like this part a lot: "Remick’s mastery of the narrative craft infuses a common story line—college kid faces challenges and grows up—with an intimate sense of character and setting. Rem ...more
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Jack Remick made a comment on Patricia R.’s review of Valley Boy " Patricia, R., thank you for this: "crafting a story that feels both specific and universal..." The dream of every writer... ...more "
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