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A PEN Ten Interview with the 2018 Writing for Justice Fellows
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from Summer Err
Beyond the forests, / the head of the general / killed everything he saw or could think of. // All sheepmen carry strychnine / to kill coyotes, bears, panthers, / little dog-like wolves,… More
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