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Tim Lane’s words have appeared in The Los Angeles Review, Emerald City, X-R-A-Y, BULL, and Monkey Bicycle among others. He lives in Portland, Oregon where he has been a Writer in the Schools for Literary Arts. These days, he is a stay-at-home father for two boys. His novel, Rules for Becoming a Legend, is out now from Viking Press.

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