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Winter 2023 • Vol. XLV No. 1 • Poetry |

Sumptuary

By Paula Bohince

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Paula Bohince is the author of three poetry collections, most recently Swallows and Waves (Sarabande, 2016). She received a 2022 Fellowship in Translation from the National Endowment for the Arts and the 2021 Raiziss/de Palchi Fellowship from the Academy of American Poets. She lives in Pennsylvania.

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