Patrick Lawler is the author of five collections of poetry, most recently Trade World Center (Ravenna Press, 2012), Underground (Notes Toward an Autobiography (Many Mountains Moving Press, 2011), and Feeding the Fear of the Earth (Many Mountains Moving Press, 2006). His novel Rescuers of Skydivers Search Among the Clouds (University of Alabama Press, 2012) won the 2010 FC2 Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Contest. His poetry book Child Sings in the Womb (Bitter Oleander Press), along with a collection of stories, The Meaning of If (Four Way Press), were published in 2014.  

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