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	The Ghosts Who Travel with Me: A Literary Pilgrimage Through Brautigan's America 3.94 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2015 — 5 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
	Half-Moon Scar 3.24 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2000 — 5 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
	Two Hour Transport Anthology 2019 by Nicole Bade (Editor), Theresa Barker (Editor), Elly Bangs it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 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
	Gender, Teaching and Research in Higher Education: Challenges for the 21st Century by Gillian Howie (Editor), Ashley Tauchert (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sue Jackson liked it 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2002 — 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

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Today LitHub has published a list of 100 notable small press books of 2025, and I had the great honor of choosing two of them: The River People, by Liz Kellebrew, and Sixty Seconds, by Steven Mayfield.

When the call came about a year ago to participate in the project, I signed up, happy to get involved in something that would jumpstart my reading. I had been struggling to read for some time.

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