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Eric Gudas, Alissa Valles, & Ilya Kaminsky

ERIC GUDAS' new book Best Western and Other Poems won the 2008 Gerald Book Award from Silverfish Review Press. He arranged the Philip Levine/Naomi Replansky reading, a tribute to Thomas McGrath, the Jean Valentine/Brenda Hillman reading, and readings with Marie Ponsot, Jack Marshall, and Steve Kowit. Here is a link to the author's website, where you can find more information. 

ILYA KAMINSKY is the author of Dancing in Odessa (Tupelo Press, 2004) and co-editor of Ecco Anthology of International Poetry (Harper Collins, 2010).
Go to his website to find out more about him: www.ilyakaminsky.com and read a synopsis about Dancing in Odessa by Tupelo Press at this link

ALISSA VALLES is author of the book of poems Orphan Fire ( Four Way Books) and translated Zbigniew Herbert’s Collected Poems from Ecco. If you want to read a review about Orphan Fire please click on the link.

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