Oliver Bendorf’s poetry has been published in, or is forthcoming from, Best New Poets 2012, Indiana Review, Mid-American Review, Ninth Letter, and elsewhere. His poetry manuscript was a finalist for Milkweed Editions’ 2013 Lindquist & Vennum Prize for Poetry. He earned an MFA from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he is studying to be a librarian.  

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