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Spring 2006 • Vol. XXVIII No. 2 • Poetry |

Achilles’ Dream

By Tom Sleigh

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Tom Sleigh's most recent books include Far Side of the Earth; a translation of Euripides' Herakles; a book of essays, Interview With a Ghost; and Space Walk, winner of the 2008 Kingsley Tufts Award. His new book, Army Cats, was published this spring from Graywolf Press. He teaches in the MFA Program at Hunter College and lives in Brooklyn.

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