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Madeline Weinstein

Madeline Weinstein is a sixteen-year-old high school sophomore at the
Buckingham, Browne & Nichols School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
In addition to poetry, her interests include theater and foreign languages.
She lives in Wellesley, Massachusetts, with her parents, brother,
and dog, Elliot.

Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize

Autumn 2004

Art Appreciation

By Madeline Weinstein

Second-Place Winner 2004 Kenyon Review Poetry Prize for Young Writers ❦ “It’s hard to say how something so obscure Can speak to us in such a pointed way,” He remarked, […]