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Spring 2025 • Vol. XLVII No. 2 Poetry |

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Sophia Dahlin is a poet in Berkeley. She leads generative poetry workshops and teaches youth creative writing, and is one of several curators of the Friday-night poetry readings at Tamarack, a community space in Oakland. With Jacob Kahn, she edits a small chapbook press called Eyelet. Her first book, Natch, was released in 2020 by City Lights Books; her second book, Glove Money, is forthcoming from Nightboat in fall 2025.

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