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Jan/Feb 2022 • Vol. XLIV No. 1 |

Tallgrass

By Ted Mathys

2021 Kenyon Review Short Fiction Contest Winner

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Ted Mathys is the author of several poetry collections including, most recently, Gold Cure (Coffee House Press, 2020). An NEA fellow, his work has appeared in Boston Review, BOMB, Conjunctions, PBS NewsHour, and elsewhere. He lives in Saint Louis and teaches at Saint Louis University.

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