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Published: Mon Apr 15 2019
Diego Isaias Hernández Méndez, Convertiendse en Characoteles / Sorcerers Changing into Their Animal Forms (detail), 2013, oil on canvas. Arte Maya Tz’utujil Collection.
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Derek Sheffield’s collection, Through the Second Skin, was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award. His poems have appeared in The Southern Review, Poetry, The Georgia ReviewAGNIOrion, and elsewhere. Winner of the James Hearst Poetry Prize judged by Li-Young Lee, he has received fellowships from Artist Trust and the Sustainable Arts Foundation. He teaches poetry and ecological writing at Wenatchee Valley College and is poetry editor of Terrain.org. (updated 4/2019)

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