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Holly Pelesky

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in Vancouver, WA, The United States

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Memoir, Poetry, Fiction

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Holly Pelesky writes essays, fiction, and poetry. She is the author of two books: a chapbook of poetry, Quiver, and a collection of epistolary creative nonfiction, Cleave. She received her MFA from the University of Nebraska and is currently working toward her MLIS. She works as an Arts & Culture librarian and is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of Vast Literary Press. She lives in Omaha with her two boys and their new kitten.

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