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Erika Meitner

Erika Meitner is Assistant Professor of English at Virginia Tech and author of Makeshift Instructions for Vigilant Girls.

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Poetry

Lauren Jensen’s poems are girded with titanium exoskeletons and wear their underwear on the outside.

Lauren Jensen, Erika Meitner

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