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Heather Kirn Lanier

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Heather Kirn Lanier

Heather Kirn Lanier is the author of the nonfiction book, Teaching in the Terrordome: Two Years in West Baltimore with Teach For America, as well as two award-winning poetry chapbooks. She is an adjunct professor at Southern Vermont College. You can find more of her work at heatherkirnlanier.com.

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