Problems (21 page)
Authors: Jade Sharma
You will feel waves of sadness and you will let them run through you because that is what they are: passing waves. You will smoke a cigarette before you go back inside where it's warm.
Coffee House Press began as a small letterpress operation in 1972 and has grown into an internationally renowned nonprofit publisher of literary fiction, essay, poetry, and other work that doesn't fit neatly into genre categories.
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Coffee House Press is an internationally renowned independent book publisher and arts nonprofit based in Minneapolis, MN; through its literary publications and
Books in Action
program, Coffee House acts as a catalyst and connectorâbetween authors and readers, ideas and resources, creativity and community, inspiration and action.
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Jade Sharma is a writer living in New York. She has an
MFA
from The New School.
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