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POETS & WRITERS MAGAZINE
Volume 47 • Issue 5Editor in Chief
KEVIN LARIMERSenior Editor
DANA ISOKAWAProduction Editor
ARIEL DAVISAssociate Editor
EMMA KOMLOS-HROBSKYArt Director
MURRAY GREENFIELDCopy Editor
ANTOINE DOZOISContributing Editors
MICHAEL BOURNE
FRANK BURES
JEREMIAH CHAMBERLIN
JOFIE FERRARI-ADLER
RIGOBERTO GONZÁLEZ
DEBRA GWARTNEY
TAYARI JONES
RUTH ELLEN KOCHER
STEPHEN MORISON JR.
KEVIN NANCE
CLAUDIA RANKINE
CLINT SMITHPublisher
ELLIOT FIGMANAssociate Publisher
TIM O’SULLIVANAdvertising Manager
AMY FELTMANAdvertising Assistant
RACHEL BRITTONCirculation
MAST CIRCULATION GROUPController
WILLIAM F. HAYESStaff Accountant
JASON THOMASPOETS & WRITERS, INC.Executive Director
ELLIOT FIGMANFounding Chair
GALEN WILLIAMS