Modified Raptures

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By Jamie Spencer ’66

Published Jan. 12, 2017

Modified Raptures (Sentia Publishing), Jamie Spencer ’66 St. Louis-set novel, explores the romantic lives of today’s youth and the effects of fluid sexual identities and preferences. Key scenes play out at historic St. Louis institutions, Washington University in St. Louis, and, occasionally, in space. Spencer is a retired high-school English teacher and community college professor. He has previously published Fictional Religion.

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