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Current Issue • Vol. XLVIII No. 1 • Fiction |

The Enemy

By Joan Larkin

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Joan Larkin’s sixth book is Old Stranger: Poems (Alice James Books, 2024). Her previous titles include Blue Hanuman (Hanging Loose Press, 2014) and My Body (Hanging Loose Press, 2008). Larkin has taught at Smith, Sarah Lawrence, and Brooklyn College, among others. Her honors include the Shelley Memorial Award, the Lambda Literary Award, and Academy of American Poets and National Endowment for the Arts fellowships.

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