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Grant Chemidlin is the author of In the Middle of a Better World (Central Avenue Poetry, 2026) and What We Lost in the Swamp (Central Avenue Poetry, 2023), a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry. His poems and essays can be found in Literary Hub, The Los Angeles Review, Palette Poetry, Florida Review, Quarterly West, and the Academy of American Poets, among other publications. He lives in Los Angeles with his husband and cat.

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“If there really is a god up there, I hope she’ll answer just one prayer. Please, oh lord, persuade me to believe not in you but myself.”
― Grant Chemidlin, What We Lost in the Swamp: Poems

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“Please, I beg. Don’t leave me silent. Don’t let me be the swan without a song.”
― Grant Chemidlin, What We Lost in the Swamp: Poems

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“Good at writing doesn’t mean I am brave. All I ever do is make the words walk the plank, while I stay dry.”
― Grant Chemidlin, What We Lost in the Swamp: Poems

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