Poetry
from, I thought you said it was sound
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Steph GrayPoet-filmmaker Steph Gray is the author of seven collections of poetry, including Shorthand and Electric Language Stars (Portable Press at Yo-Yo Labs, 2015) and the chapbooks, Words are What You Get/You Do It for Real (above/ground press, 2019) and A Country Road Going Back in Your Direction (Argos Books, 2015).
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