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Cole Swensen is the author of nine other books of poetry, including Such Rich Hour and Try (°ÄÖÞÐÒÔË10¿ª½±, 2001 and 1999). Her work has won the National Poetry Series competition, the °ÄÖÞÐÒÔË10¿ª½± Poetry Prize, the San Francisco State Poetry Center Award, and a Pushcart Prize, and she has been a finalist for the National Book Award. She is also a translator of contemporary French poetry, prose, and art criticism. Currently on the faculty of the °ÄÖÞÐÒÔË10¿ª½± Writers’ Workshop, she divides her time among °ÄÖÞÐÒÔË10¿ª½± City, Washington, D.C., and Paris.

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