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Dante Di Stefano

Dante Di Stefano is the author of six collections of poetry and a chapbook, including the book-length poems Midwhistle (University of Wisconsin Press, 2023) and The Widowing Radiance (Bordighera Press, 2025). He coedited the anthology Misrepresented People (NYQ Books, 2018). His latest collection, Heartland Errata, is forthcoming from Etruscan Press in fall 2026.

Invisible Cities

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Upper Front Street Canto

By Dante Di Stefano

The Kenyon Review · “Upper Front Street Canto” by Dante Di Stefano Sometimes, I think all fathers are bad fathers like the onesstalking the line breaks of poems, this one […]

Invisible Cities

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Riverside Drive Canto

By Dante Di Stefano

The Kenyon Review · “Riverside Drive Canto” by Dante Di Stefano When you don’t leave your hometown, you keep braiding togetherthe ghost threads & roots & routes of your kin. […]