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Spring 2023 • Vol. XLV No. 2 • Poetry |

East Manhattan

By K. Iver

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K. Iver is a nonbinary trans poet from Mississippi. Their book Short Film Starring My Beloved’s Red Bronco (Milkweed Editions, 2023) won the 2022 Ballard Spahr Prize for Poetry from Milkweed Editions. Their poems have appeared in Boston Review, Gulf Coast, Poetry Northwest, TriQuarterly, The Adroit Journal, and elsewhere. They have a PhD in poetry from Florida State University. For more, visit kleeiver.com.

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