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Laurie Saurborn Young

Laurie Saurborn Young is the author of Carnavoria, a book of poems, published by H_NGM_N BKS. She holds an MFA in poetry from Warren Wilson College and studied in the Program for Poets and Writers at UMASS-Amherst. Poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Bat City Review, Borderlands, Crazyhorse, Forklift, OH, iO Poetry, Jellyfish, Narrative Magazine, The Collagist, and elsewhere.

Stories in Smokelong Quarterly

Story: Parameters of a Kingdom
Interview: Smoking With Laurie Saurborn Young

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