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Louisa Ballhaus, Devon Balwit, Emily Banks, Bill Brown, Suzanne Burns, Shaina Clingempeel, Barbara Daniels, Joanne Rocky Delaplaine, William Derge, Tracy Dimond, Lynn Domina, Mick Fedullo, Gary Fincke, Samuel J. Fox, Rachel Heimowitz, Max Heinegg, Elizabeth Carothers Herron, Garret Keizer, Jason Knight, Keith Lesmeister, Nicholas Patrick Martin, Alysse McCann, Alison Moncrief, Renee Olander, Sergio A. Ortiz, Meg Pokrass, Janet Powers, Nicole Santalucia, Sam Schmidt, Karen Sztajnberg, Luke Tennis, Kerry Trautman, Marceline White
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Esperanza and Hope
Last year we published a suite of five poems by Esperanza Snyder and we are thrilled to find them included in this fantastic debut collection published by Stanley Moss and Sheep Meadow Press. As Edward Hirsch observes, "Esperanza Snyder is a poet of memory and...
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