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The author of Instruments of the True Measure discusses four journals that published poems from her second collection.

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So Hyun Chang (of Bittersweet: The Immigrant Stories) at our seventh annual Connecting Cultures reading in Los Angeles. The event took place on June 4, 2017 at Beyond Baroque. (Credit: Craig Johnson)
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Norma L. Eaton (of Urban Possibilities) at our seventh annual Connecting Cultures reading in Los Angeles. The event took place on June 4, 2017 at Beyond Baroque. (Credit: Craig Johnson)
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Ashla Chavez Razzano (of 826LA) at our seventh annual Connecting Cultures reading in Los Angeles. The event took place on June 4, 2017 at Beyond Baroque. (Credit: Craig Johnson)

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Anna Burns Wins 2018 Booker Prize
Posted by Prize Reporter on 10.16.18
Tonight at a ceremony in London, Anna Burns was announced the winner of the 2018 Booker Prize for her third novel, Milkman (Faber & Faber). The annual £50,000 (approximately $66,000) award is given for a novel published in the previous... more
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