Lee Upton

Lee Upton’s most recent book of poetry is Bottle the Bottles the Bottles the Bottles. Her second collection of short stories, Visitations, appeared in August.

The Persistence of Torture

The dog violet, pressing a flat ear to the ground,

has news of great importance:

it is spring

and jealousy turns its blade again.

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The Coast of Apples

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Censorship

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