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Summer 2001 • Vol. XXIII No. 3/4 Poetry |

The Book of Blessings

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Poet, playwright, and translator Sherod Santos is the author of plays that have been produced at The Side Project, Chicago; The Algonquin Theatre, New York City; The Royal Court Theatre, London; and The Flint Michigan Play Festival. Santos is the author of seven books of poetry, a book of essays, and a book of translations from the early Greek Lyric Poets. In 1999 he received an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

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Ilium

By Sherod Santos

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