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Drew Blanchard’s first collection of poems, Winter Dogs , is forthcoming from Salmon Poetry (spring, 2011). His writing has appeared in Best New Poets 2008 (Samovar Press) and literary magazines, including Notre Dame Review , Guernica / a magazine of art politics , Gulf Stream Magazine , and Meridian . Blanchard is a two-time recipient of an Academy of American Poets prize. He holds an MFA in poetry from The Ohio State University and is a PhD candidate at the University of Wisconsin– Milwaukee where he serves as managing editor of Cream City Review . Photo by Morgan Denton