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Nov/Dec 2016 • Vol. XXXVIII No. 6 • Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize |

Death Uses a Lot of Laundry Detergent

By Alyssa Mazzoli

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Alyssa Mazzoli lives in Greenville, South Carolina. For the past year, she has been the assistant nonfiction editor of Crashtest magazine. Her work has been recognized on a regional level by the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.

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