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P.A. Callaro was born in the Bronx, New York, studied American literature at Iona University and now lives with his family in Chester County, Pennsylvania. His new book of short fiction, Not Down in Any Map, has just been published. His stories have appeared in The Muleskinner Journal, Umbrella Factory Magazine, and Bloom.

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