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Frank Paino, PIETÁ

May 4, 2024/0 Comments/in Reading /by Bethany

PIETÁ, Frank Paino. Jacar Press, 6617 Deerview Trail, Durham, NC 27712, 2023, 46 pages, $14.00 paper, www.jacarpress.com.

Winner of the Jacar Press Chapbook Prize, 2023, chosen by Saddiq Dzukogi, author of Your Crib, My Qibla

This is the review that catches me up for the year (18 weeks, 18 poetry books read and written about). See the review here:

https://www.escapeintolife.com/poetry/pieta-a-poetry-chapbook-review/.

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