THE FANTASTIC HOPE

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Tuesday, 28 May 2013

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A few recent pieces:

On Graham Foust's poems in the Quietus.

On Women Make Noise, a collection of essays about girl bands, in LA Review of Books.

Some poems I wrote, in 3:AM.
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