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“I want to begin by letting you know / that the title is no lie, even though / this poem is not quite a portrait of / reader and writer.” Self-Portrait as Wikipedia Entry (Copper Canyon Press, February 2017) by Dean Rader. Second book, poetry collection. Agent: None. Editor: Michael Wiegers. Publicist: Kelly Forsythe.

“We drive slowly into the town

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