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Duane Simolke


Biography

Duane Simolke wrote the books The Acorn Stories, Degranon, Holding Me Together, and New Readings of Winesburg, Ohio. He co-wrote The Return of Innocence and The Acorn Gathering: Writers Uniting Against Cancer. DuaneSimolke.Com includes some of his writing, as well as a variety of links.

Where to find Duane Simolke online

Website: http://www.youtube.com/user/AcornUniverse
Twitter: DuaneSimolke
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/duanesimolke
Blog: http://duanesimolke.blogspot.com/

Where to buy in print

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?r=1&SZE=10&afsrc=1&WRD=duane+simolke&SRT=S&Z=y

Books

Selected Poems    by Duane Simolke
Price: $0.99 USD. 5780 words. Published on May 8, 2010. Nonfiction.
This short eBook includes the gay love poem “Home,” the strange story of “The Gardener,” and the comical “Angels and Razors,” as well as thirty other poems. These works also appear in Duane Simolke’s longer anthology Holding Me Together: Essays and Poems.
The Acorn Gathering: Writers Uniting Against Cancer    by Duane Simolke
Price: Free! 40800 words. Published on April 20, 2010. Fiction.
From a scandal-rocked town in West Texas to the Blackfeet Indian reservation in Montana, these short stories take readers to surprising places in America and the human heart. Fiction by Duane Simolke, Jan Chandler, Huda Orfali, Timothy Morris Taylor, Shawna R. Van Arum, and Bill Wetzel. Edited by Duane Simolke.
Holding Me Together: Essays and Poems    by Duane Simolke
Price: $2.99 USD. 44970 words. Published on February 10, 2010. Nonfiction.
Winner, StoneWall Society Pride in the Arts Award. This collection, quoted by many authors and Web masters, includes the multi-part essay Reactions to Homophobia, followed by poems and short essays on a variety of topics, such as writing, AIDS, religion, violence, family, friendship, and gay relationships. Holding Me Together counters homophobia, celebrates gay love, and promotes gay pride.
The Return of Innocence: A Fantasy Adventure    by Duane Simolke
Price: $2.99 USD. 64210 words. Published on December 28, 2009. Fiction.
Winner, Allbooks Reviewers Choice Award. At sixteen, Sasha left her island home to buy seeds in the kingdom of Jaan. She stumbled into a series of misadventures that ended with the death of an evil sorcerer and made Sasha a legend, known as “Innocence.” Now, the Jaanians expect her to defeat a much more powerful sorcerer. Comical fantasy, written with Toni Davis.
Stein, Gender, Isolation, and Industrialism: New Readings of Winesburg, Ohio    by Duane Simolke
Price: Free! 51000 words. Published on November 10, 2009. Fiction.
Dr. Duane Simolke examines Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio, as it relates to Gertrude Stein, gender roles, failed communication, and the machine in the garden. Simolke also looks at Anderson's concerns about mechanization, loneliness, and the mistreatment of many people. Simolke also wrote The Acorn Stories, a story cycle in the tradition of Winesburg, Ohio.
Degranon: A Science Fiction Adventure    by Duane Simolke
Price: $2.99 USD. 78920 words. Published on October 27, 2009. Fiction.
Winner, StoneWall Society Pride in the Arts Award. The brilliant scientist Taldra loves her twin gay sons and sees them as the hope for Valchondria's future, but one of them becomes entangled in the cult of Degranon, while the other becomes stranded on the other side of a doorway through time. Can they find their way home and help Taldra save their world?
The Acorn Stories    by Duane Simolke
Price: $3.00 USD. 62110 words. Published on December 24, 2008. Fiction.
From romantic comedy to razor-sharp satire to moments of quiet reflection, Duane Simolke’s award-winning tales transform a fictional West Texas town into a tapestry of human experiences. “A lush tangle of small-town life branches out in this engrossing collection of short stories.” –Kirkus Discoveries. “If you liked WINESBURG, OHIO…rejoice.” –Watchword.

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