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Poet Frank Bidart, author most recently of Metaphysical Dog and featured in Poets & Writers Magazine, May/June 2013.

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Pulitzer Prize winner Rae Armantrout, author most recently of Just Saying and featured in Poets & Writers Magazine, March/April 2013.

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Louise Erdrich, author most recently of the novel The Round House, and featured in Poets & Writers Magazine, November/December 2012. 

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Natasha Trethewey, author most recently of Thrall and featured in Poets & Writers Magazine, September/October 2012.

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Charles Yu, author most recently of Sorry Please Thank You and featured in Poets & Writers Magazine, July/August 2012.

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Nell Freudenberger, author most recently of The Newlyweds and featured in Poets & Writers Magazine, May/June 2012.

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After navigating a devastating crisis, husband-and-wife poets Craig Morgan Teicher and Brenda Shaughnessy reflect on the fortifying powers of poetry and their commitment to their marriage and one another’s work.

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