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Shane AllisonSHANE ALLISON hates and lives in Tallahassee, Florida. His poems have graced the pages of Fence, New York Quarterly, West Wind Review, Mississippi Review and New Delta Review. His first poetry collection Slut Machine is out with Queer Mojo Press and his second book, I Remember was published by Future Tense Books. He is finishing up his first novel.
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