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Literature & Fiction, Poetry, Gay & Lesbian, Literary Fiction

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Tom Schabarum was born in Los Angeles, CA. His novels include, The Palisades, a Lambda Literary Award Finalist for Best Gay Debut Fiction and a collection of stories including the novella, The Narrows, Miles Deep, which was listed as a 2011 Best Book by Lambda Literary Foundation.

He is recipient of the 2010 Creekwalker Poetry Prize and has published poetry online and in Poet Lore, Flights and other journals.

His chapbook of poems titled, Swimming With Michelangelo, is now available.

He holds an MFA in creative writing and literature from Bennington College He's a member of the Pacific Northwest Writers Association.

He's been a professor of film and video studies and is currently a creative director for live events. He's an avid sailor and hik ...more

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Revisiting The Palisades

In the past couple of weeks I’ve taken the manuscript of The Palisades through a revision of sorts. Cleaning it up, changing a few things, and generally taking a look back. It’s been an interesting process and fun to review the reviews and the process of it being a Lambda Literary Finalist in Best Gay Debut Fiction in 2010. Matthew Yau wrote the first review I’d ever received having sent him a req

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	The Palisades 3.50 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2010 — 4 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
	Airstreaming 3.60 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2012 — 3 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
	The Narrows, Miles Deep: A Novella and Stories 3.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2011 — 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
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