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Tara Ison

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Rachel McKibbens is a two-time New York Foundation for the Arts poetry fellow and author of four collections of poetry: Pink Elephant, Into The Dark & Emptying Field, MAMMOTH and blud, forthcoming from Copper Canyon Press October 2017. In 2012, McKibbens founded the annual Pink Door Writing Retreat, open exclusively to women/femme/trans/nonbinary writers of color. McKibbens is a member of Latinas Unidas and co-curates the critically acclaimed reading series Poetry & Pie Night in upstate New York.

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