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    Summer

    By Elias Simpson

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    **These ten “vignettes” are intended to be produced separately on long scrolls, and stored inside empty spice containers.**

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherElias Simpson
    Release dateFeb 13, 2011
    ISBN9781458037046
    Summer
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    Elias Simpson

    Elias Simpson is currently a graduate student in creative writing at Virginia Tech. He tried to grow up in Iowa. Recent publications include a photograph in Honey Land Review, and poems in San Pedro River Review, Antigonish Review: Grow-Op, and Lucid Rhythms. He is editor of the upcoming online arts journal Toad.

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