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Aaron Gilbreath

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Notable Portland: 6/7–6/13

  • Olivia Olivia
  • June 7, 2018
Literary events in and around Portland this week!
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Notable Portland: 5/18–5/24

  • Olivia Olivia
  • May 18, 2017
Thursday 5/18: Sung Yim and Kate Jayroe read from their latest work. Daedalus Books, 7 p.m., free. The Comma Reading Series presents Penelope Scambly Schott and Marjorie Sandor as they…
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Writers: To Your Treadmills!

  • Tamara Matthews
  • November 8, 2016
It’s actually a good thing for writers to step away from the keyboard every once in awhile. On the Kenyon Review blog, Aaron Gilbreath reminds us of the importance of…
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The House Sitter

  • Sarah Edwards
  • July 1, 2014
If a novel depicted house sitters’ lives, its scenes would depict the complex relationship between the homeowner and sitter, the way trust is built between strangers in such an intimate…
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First Novels and the Art of Revision

  • Ian MacAllen
  • April 18, 2014
Most first novels are really second novels, since most first novels go unpublished. Writing for ZYZZYVA, Rumpus contributor Aaron Gilbreath talks through his experience having his debut memoir rejected, eventually…
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“He Put Her Out in the Cold”

  • Lauren O'Neal
  • October 28, 2013
When she aims the pistol at the doorman, he grabs her wrist and snatches the gun, then she starts to scream, “Baby, what have I done?” For The Paris Review, Aaron…
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How to Submit

  • Lauren O'Neal
  • January 30, 2013
For whatever reason, this austere paper system works better for me than others, which says more about how my mind works than it does about Excel spreadsheets. Maybe I’m projecting,…
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