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The Fourth Annual Jenfolk Book Awards
Four years into this, and no Jen has stopped me yet.
 • Jenny Shank
Surround Yourself with Inspiring People or Consider Becoming One Yourself: How I Ran Near Olympic Medalists Yared Nuguse and Frank Shorter
Plus, book recommendations, a new class, and Bronco-shaped chicken nuggets!
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Sure, AI Can Do Some Tricks but There Used To Be a Hotline for That
It's the 5th Annual Tumbleweed Halloween Spooktacular! Read on for blasts from the past, stationery goods, spooky books, and literary events!
 • Jenny Shank
Ralphie's Last Prance: Loving Creatures as Belonging to Themselves
A very chunky chipmunk, a new story collection, and September literary events.
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This Car Dealership Wants to Become the Main Character of Your Life
An oil change gone horribly wrong, an insane clown tractor, a riveting debut novel, and lots of literary news!
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Wes Anderson and the Immersiveness of Precise Detail
Wes Anderson pays attention, I learn how to go clubbing, Lori Ostlund writes a great book, and new literary events and classes!
 • Jenny Shank
Rooting for a Stranger With My Same Name
Congratulations to another Jenny Shank, an intrepid raccoon, and Lit Fest kicks off at Lighthouse Writer's Workshop in Denver.
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The Tumbleweed
Every month The Tumbleweed blows in with inspiration, thoughts on art, writing, and creativity, book recommendations, and assorted whimsy.
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Sub Club
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