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Ann Cefola

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The United States

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Poetry

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James Agee, John Ashbery, CD Wright

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Ann Cefola is author of Séquence Long Island (L’Harmattan, 2026) cowritten with Jean-Luc Pouliquen, and author of When the Pilotless Plane Arrives (Trainwreck Press, 2021), Free Ferry (Upper Hand Press, 2017), Face Painting in the Dark (Dos Madres Press, 2014), St. Agnes, Pink-Slipped (Kattywompus Press, 2011), and Sugaring (Dancing Girl Press, 2007).

She is the translator of Once, Poïena forthcoming from Chax Press in 2027, Alparegho, Like-nothing-else (Beautiful Days Press, 2025), The Hero (Chax Press, 2018), and Hence this cradle (Seismicity Editions, 2007).

A Witter Bynner Poetry Translation Residency recipient, she also received the Robert Penn Warren Award for Poetry selected by John Ashbery.

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	Free Ferry (Booktree Poetry Series, 1) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 15 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alparegho, Like-Nothing-Else by Hélène Sanguinetti, Ann Cefola (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Face Painting in the Dark it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sugaring it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cicada Magazine: November/December 2015 by Jules Lenzi (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Deborah Vetter (Editor), Jeremy Sim (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hence This Cradle by Hélène Sanguinetti, Ann Cefola (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When The Pilotless Plane Arrives it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Séquence Long Island (Témoignages Poétiques) by Ann Cefola (Goodreads Author), Jean-Luc Pouliquen, Rosanna Warren (Foreword) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	St. Agnes, Pink-Slippped it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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