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by Peg Alford Pursell (Author)
*Founder and director of the national reading series Why There Are Words and founder and director of WTAW Press
*Author's stories and poems have appeared in Permafrost, the Los Angeles Review, Forklift Ohio, Joyland Magazine, 100 Word Story, and many other journals
*Work has appeared in anthologies including Nothing Short Of: Selected Tales from 100 Word Story, 50 over 50, Writers' e-Handbook, and Fragmentation and Other Stories *Previous collection featured in Poets & Writers magazine's second annual 5 over 50 and in 7x7 Magazine's "7 Spring Reads: Books You Need to Read Right Now"
*Previous collection was widely reviewed, including interviews and features in Entropy, The Rumpus, The Nervous Breakdown, Prosody Radio, and LitStack, among other outlets
*Finalist for the 2017 Indies Book of the Year, the Eric Hoffer Award, and the J L Chapbook Award by the Florida Review
*One story from the collection - "Starflower (I Want Her Back)" - has been nominated by The Mom Egg Review for the Best Small Fictions 2018
*Pursell has significant online reach through her own social media accounts and the accounts associated with Why There Are Words
*Pursell also has connections to local independent booksellers, including City Lights, Point Reyes, and The Booksmith
*Author is a well-connected staple of the literary community
