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Bright Specimen

Julie Poole

Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing

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Summary

Julie Poole has been a Michener Center fellow and still lives in Austin, Texas, where she works at indie bookstore Malvern and hosts their poetry book club. This book has its roots in the Billie L. Turner Plant Resources Center; it's a nature index but will appeal to poetry fans who love Emily Dickinson but want something "contemporary."  A sure hit for fans of Aimee Nezhukumatathil's recent release World of Wonders from Milkweed.
Available since: 06/01/2021.

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