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Lisa Hiton

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Lisa Hiton's debut book of poems, Afterfeast, was selected by Mary Jo Bang to win the Dorset Prize at Tupelo Press. She holds an M.F.A. in Poetry from Boston University and an M.Ed. in Arts in Education from Harvard University. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in Kenyon Review, NPR, The Adroit Journal, New South, Linebreak, The Paris-American, Hayden’s Ferry Review, and LAMBDA Literary among others. She is the Founder and Producer of Queer Poem-a-Day at the Deerfield Public Library.
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	Afterfeast 4.56 avg rating — 16 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
	Poets on Growth by Peter LaBerge (Editor), Talin Tahajian (Editor), Tasha Cotter (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.15 avg rating — 13 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
	The Clearing 4.67 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
	Pank 10 by M. Bartley Seigel (Editor), Roxane Gay (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Steven Ramirez (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2014	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
	Variation on Testimony 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2017	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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