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Christopher Locke is the Nonfiction Editor at Slice Magazine. His essays and poems can be found in the North American Review, The Sun, Southwest Review, Poetry East, Parents, Islands, and The American Spectator, among many others. His most recent collection of poems is Trespassers (Finishing Line Press). Next April, Locke has two books scheduled for release: Ordinary Gods, a collection of essays and poems detailing his 25 years of travel throughout Latin America (Salmon, Ireland), and Heart-Flight, his first book for children (Cedar Grove Publishing).

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