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Travis Sentell received Bachelor degrees from Emory University in Philosophy/Religion and Psychology and an honors MLitt in Creative Writing from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. In 2006, Travis was named one of the top thirty new writers under thirty by Random House, and was included in their bestselling publication, Twentysomething Essays by Twentysomething Writers: Best New Voices of 2006. He has published work in such diverse places as the Berkeley Fiction Review, the award-winning collection Silent Voices, The Binnacle, Ink Monkey Magazine, and the cult-journal Ampersand Review. His book, In the Shadow of Freedom, was published in 2010 by Atria. His novel, Fluid, was released by Coliloquy in March, 2012. Recently, he wrote th ...more

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In Defense of Nudity

The street below my temporary apartment was overflowing with laughter, bicycles and nudity. Seventeen floors up, I could just make out rampant swathes of body paint, scattered boas, and lots and lots and lots of doughy, pasty flesh. As the last bits of sunlight were ushered away by the warm Lake Michigan breeze, I regretted [...]

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	Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams by Philip K. Dick, Ronald D. Moore (Introduction), Jack Thorne (Introduction) 4.11 avg rating — 5,455 ratings — published 2017 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Shadow of Freedom: A Heroic Journey to Liberation, Manhood, and America by Tchicaya Missamou, Travis Sentell (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 221 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Perfect Coffee by Travis Sentell (Goodreads Author), Oliver Wyman (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 3.49 avg rating — 113 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fluid 4.56 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Being Human by Travis Sentell (Goodreads Author), Oliver Wyman (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 3.07 avg rating — 30 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Berkeley Fiction Review, Volume 30 by Jennifer Brown (Editor), Caitlin McGuire (Editor), Douglas Silver (Contributor) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love. How on earth can you explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love? Put your hand on a stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with that special girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. That's relativity.”
― Albert Einstein

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