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This excerpt is from the chapbook Eden by Jon D. Lee (Finishing Line Press), and can be found at https://finishinglinepress.com/product/eden-by-jon-d-lee/
Jon D. Lee is the author of four previous books, including IN/DESIDERATO and An Epidemic of Rumors: How Stories Shape Our Perceptions of Disease. His poems and essays have appeared in The Atlantic, Narrative, Sugar House Review, Sierra Nevada Review, The Writer’s Chronicle, One, The Laurel Review, and The Inflectionist Review. He has an MFA in Poetry and a PhD in Folklore. Lee teaches at Suffolk University, where he also serves as Director of the annual David Ferry/Ellen LaForge Prize for Poetry and Translation. Visit jondlee.com.
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