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Sept/Oct 2019 • Vol. XLI No. 5 • 2019 Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers |

November Picnic with Louise

By Jay Martin

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Jay Martin is a student at the South Carolina Governor’s School of Arts and Humanities in Greenville, studying creative writing. Martin has attended the summer camp for creative writing for two consecutive years at the Governor’s School. Martin lives in Summerville, South Carolina, with family and enjoys good coffee and Marvel movies.

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