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Dante Di Stefano is the author of six collections of poetry and a chapbook, including the book-length poems Midwhistle (University of Wisconsin Press, 2023) and The Widowing Radiance (Bordighera Press, 2025). He coedited the anthology Misrepresented People (NYQ Books, 2018). His latest collection, Heartland Errata, is forthcoming from Etruscan Press in fall 2026.

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