Natalie Eilbert is the author of the debut poetry collection, Swan Feast (Bloof Books, 2015). She is also the author of two chapbooks, Conversation with the Stone Wife (Bloof Books, 2014) and And I Shall Again Be Virtuous. (Big Lucks Books, 2014). Her work has appeared in or is forthcoming from The New Yorker, jubilat, Tin House, The Kenyon Review, Sixth Finch, and elsewhere. She is the founding editor of The Atlas Review.
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