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Kelly Fordon’s work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Kenyon Review Online, Rattle, The Florida Review, The Windsor Review, The Montreal Review and various other journals. Her novel-in-stories, Garden for the Blind, was published by Wayne State University Press in 2015 and was chosen as a Michigan Notable Book, an IPPY finalist for the short story, a Foreword Reviews' Indiefab finalist, a Midwest Book Award finalist and an Eric Hoffer Award Finalist. A poetry collection, Goodbye Toothless House, was published by Kattywompus Press in 2019 and another short story collection, I Have the Answer, was published by Wayne State University Press in 2020. She is also the author of three award-winning poetry chapbooks. She teaches online and for S ...more

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	Garden for the Blind (Made in Michigan Writer Series) 3.95 avg rating — 183 ratings — published 2015 — 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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	Ghost Writers: Us Haunting Them, Contemporary Michigan Literature (Made in Michigan Writer Series) by Keith Taylor (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Laura Kasischke, Steve Amick 3.54 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Fiolet & Wing: An Anthology of Domestic Fabulist Poetry by Stacey Balkun (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Catherine Moore (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Anna Weber (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.42 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2019 — 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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	Tell Me When it Starts to Hurt 3.73 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2013 — 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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