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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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	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
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