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i sent some photographs to the good people over at yale press earlier this week. just found out the book designers loved the photographs. yeah! so i might have a vivid photograph on the cover!
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the latest installment of diode is up and running. sigh. if only they would take one of my poems.
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snakes!
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funny: i always thought my first book would have a painting on the cover. but the minute i saw these photographs online, i knew they would make a great cover.
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the new york times briefly reviews michael dickman, c. dale young, chris martin and ross gay.
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ophiophobia: an ophidiophobic would not only fear them when in live contact but also dreads to think about them or even see them on TV or in pictures.
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ha.