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Completely fantastic writing from beginning to end. Tevis details things that range from the horrific to the poignant: nuclear bomb testing, closed factories, floods, jukeboxes, Buddy Holly, and her own life. The juxtapositions are woven together seamlessly.

This was my #doublespin for July. @TheAromaofBooks

Gratitude post: I love summer but it with it comes fire season. The top picture was taken approximately 2 years ago at 8 15 am. We woke up and thought we had landed in hell. It was the eeriest experience. We have been warned all week that the conditions yesterday and today could be the same, but this morning there is only some haze with little smoke smell. Praying for my fellow Oregonians who are experiencing more immediate danger.

Today I'm teaching a research session to the first-year writing students in this author's classes. If you want to know a good place to start with essay, Joni Tevis is a good one. She is so passionate and gets obsessed with her subject matter. Good thing she knows a librarian!

Can't get much more local than Joni Tevis! This writer of essays works at the same institution as me, I've taken her class and helped her students with research, and had Thanksgiving at her home! She is the queen of braided essays, writing about nature and interesting facts in a compelling way. Both are in #hoopla #aprilshowers #localauthor

Favorite #womenwriters clockwise - Jeanette Winterson, Joni Tevis, Nnedi Okorafor, Mary Doria Russell, Catherynne Valente #somethingforsept