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V. B. Borjen

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V. B. Borjen (he/they) is a Yugoslav-born writer and visual artist based in the Czech Republic. His first poetry collection in Bosnian won the 2012 Mak Dizdar Award, while his second poetry manuscript won the 2021 Darma Books Best Manuscript Contest in Belgrade and is pending publication. Borjen's poetry and fiction in English and his visual art have been featured in BOMB, Grist Journal, Superlative, EcoTheo Review, Rattle, The Maine Review, AZURE, FOLIO, Parentheses and elsewhere. He serves as Guest Editor of Palette Poetry in the US and can be found on Twitter/X (@Borjen) or Instagram (samoniklo).

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