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Rita Hooks

Rita Hooks

Ria Hooks works as a writing tutor at St. Petersburg College, a community college in St. Petersburg, Florida. She had a haibun "Summer Sidewalks" published by the online journal Haibun Today in the Spring 2011 issue. Rita lived in China for a year teaching English at Baoji Teachers College in Shaanxi Province, which provided the setting for "Eating Vinegar."

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The Kneeler

* Story contains bad language

I woke to the sound of something creaking on the porch...

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Eating Vinegar

* Story contains bad language

Even though some Americans like to say, "It's all good," the Chinese know better ...