Ann Townsend's first collection of poetry, Dime Store Erotics (Silverfish Review Press), appeared in 1998. Recently her poems have been published in The Nation, Poetry, Paris Review, and Georgia Review.

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Poets in this issue: John Bensko, Richard Cecil, Harry Clifton, Lorna Crozier, Daniel Donaghy, Robert Farnsworth, Eliza Griswold, Eric Gudas, Piotr Gwiazda, Henry Hart, Laurie Kutchins, Patrick Lane, Laurence Lieberman, William Logan, Maurice Manning, Diane Mehta, John Morgan, William Olsen, Jacqueline Dee Parker, Cecily Parks, Elizabeth Poliner, John Reibetanz, Michael Symmons Roberts, Maurya Simon, Charlie Smith, Frederick Smock, Ross Taylor, Ann Townsend, David Wagoner, Ronald Wallace, Michael Waters, Mark Williams Jake Adam York