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Summer 2024 • Vol. XLVI No. 3 • Nature's Nature |

The Planting

By Charles Douthat

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Charles Douthat’s first book of poems, Blue for Oceans (New Haven Review Books, 2010), won the 2011 PEN New England Award. His new book of poems, Again, is forthcoming from Unbound Edition Press. Born, raised, and educated in California, Douthat has lived in Connecticut for many years.

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