The Tumbleweed
by Jenny Shankin 📚 Literature
The Tumbleweed
About the Substack
Every month The Tumbleweed blows in with inspiration, thoughts on art, writing, and creativity, book recommendations, and assorted whimsy.
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- Occasional public posts
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- Subscriber-only posts and full archive
- Post comments and join the community
- A copy of a new, hardback book and your choice of one of my writing craft guides--I'll email you with the options.
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About Jenny Shank
One of the Jenfolk. Author of MIXED COMPANY & THE RINGER. Lighthouse Writers Workshop faculty. Words in The Atlantic, McSweeney's, Washington Post & The Guardian. Member of the National Book Critics Circle and Southwest Books of the Year committee.
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