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Poetry by Elaine Equi
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Synthesizing twenty years of influences, Equi constructs a collage of voices—undoubtedly American, exquisitely her own.
From “Hinge”:

“Nothing needs us / but we need / a lot of reassurance / before we can reassure / those things we thought / we needed that they e

Author: Elaine Equi
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