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Justin Phillip Reed

Justin Phillip Reed’s first full-length collection of poetry, Indecency, won the National Book Award. He is a 2019 Ruth Lilly Fellow.

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It must be my lust for the musk of the master.
Justin Phillip Reed
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Justin Phillip Reed

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