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Ben Purkert
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Ben Purkert’s debut novel, The Men Can’t Be Saved, is forthcoming from Abrams/Overlook in 2023. His poetry collection, For the Love of Endings (Four Way Books, 2018), was named one of The Adroit Journal’s Best Poetry Books of the Year. His writing appears in The New YorkerThe NationTin HousePoetryKenyon Review, and elsewhere. He teaches at Rutgers University. (updated 10/2022)

AGNI has published the following work:

Poetry
Caged Words in a Couple
AGNI 78 Print Only
Blog
Is Poetry True or False?
Online 2016 On Poetry Writing Process Arts
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