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Lynne Thompson - Poetry.LA Interview

“I consider myself essentially a storyteller who’s chosen the genre of poetry.” Lynne Thompson, author of Start With a Small Guitar (What Books Press, 2013) and Beg No Pardon (Perugia Press, 2007), speaks about family stories and how she came to poetry after a career in law with Mariano Zaro for the Poetry.LA interview series. Thompson is the 2021 poet laureate of Los Angeles.

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Lynne Thompson
Poetry.LA interview series
Mariano Zaro
Start With a Small Guitar
What Books Press
2013
Beg No Pardon
Perugia Press
2007
interview
poet laureate
2021
Los Angeles

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