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Elisa Díaz Castelo on vertigo, breaking a chicken, and her grandmother's advice for a good life.
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She is the punk laureate of working-class Pittsburgh, and her poems are equal part protest and jeremiad. 

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Violeta Orozco on the US presidential election, leaving Mexico, and her connection to deep time.

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Infinity Ghazal Beginning with Lice and Never Ending with Lies

By Tarfia Faizullah
Lice? My aunt once drew a comb through my hair steady;
she wouldn’t let what feeds on blood eat my inner tree.
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Aram Saroyan

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