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.
Lee Upton
The Coast of Apples
Lee Upton
Censorship
Lee Upton
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