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Rachel Shubin's Purple Playground

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Blather, essays on nonsense, writing meltdowns, probably poetry, career progress/frustration, whatever else my pen spits out.

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About Rachel Shubin

Rachel Shubin writes fiction and poetry from her porch swing in Portland, OR. When she's not writing, she sings 80's power ballads at karaoke and drinks whisky sours with too many cherries.

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