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Series series University Press of Kentucky New Poetry & Prose Series
In this short story collection, girls and women tackle complex forms of love and desire as they explore the world.A girl afflicted with pyrokinesis tries to control her fire-starting long enough to go to a dance with a boy she likes. A woman trapped in a stalled marriage is excited by an alluring ex-con who enrolls in her YMCA cooking class. A teen accompanies her mother, a prestigious poet, to a ... Read more

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In this short story collection, girls and women tackle complex forms of love and desire as they explore the world.A girl afflicted with pyrokinesis tries to control her fire-starting long enough to go to a dance with a boy she likes. A woman trapped in a stalled marriage is excited by an alluring ex-con who enrolls in her YMCA cooking class. A teen accompanies her mother, a prestigious poet, to a
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Series series University Press of Kentucky New Poetry & Prose Series
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The Price of Scarlet

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Series series University Press of Kentucky New Poetry & Prose Series
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Series series University Press of Kentucky New Poetry & Prose Series
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