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By Claire Schwartz, Illustration by Denise Nestor

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Issue: Fall 2018 / Volume 94/3

Published: October 8, 2018

Claire Schwartz

Claire Schwartz is the author of the poetry collection Civil Service (Graywolf, 2022). Her writing has appeared in Poetry, the Believer, the Nation, the Iowa Review, the Massachusetts Review, and elsewhere. The recipient of a 2022 Whiting Award for Poetry and a Pushcart Prize, she received her Ph.D. in...

Denise Nestor

Denise Nestor is an artist and illustrator. Her illustrations have been featured in a number of publications, including the New York Times, the Guardian, New York Magazine, Esquire, and the Atlantic. Her work has been included in a number of exhibitions, both domestic and international...

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