Today's poem is
"The Only Thing I Learned from Working at an Italian Restaurant for that One Week When I was Eighteen Was"
from Gulf Coast
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Today's poem is
"The Only Thing I Learned from Working at an Italian Restaurant for that One Week When I was Eighteen Was"
from Gulf Coast
Emilia Phillips
is the author of three poetry collections from the University of Akron Press, most
recently Empty Clip (2018). Her poems and lyric essays appear widely in literary publications including
Agni, American Poetry Review, Ploughshares, Poetry, and elsewhere. She's an assistant professor of
creative writing at UNC Greensboro.
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About Gulf Coast:
April 26, 2019: "Treading Water" "I came to the beach..."
December 31, 2018: "The Days That Were Have Now" " in all eyes a witness...."
October 11, 2013: "Ghost Sonnet" "Ask the water to know my ankles..."
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Poetry Editors: Lauren Berry, Anna Journey and Kent Shaw
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