Raena Shirali is the author of the poetry collection, GILT (YesYes Books, 2017). Her work has appeared in Boston Review, Ninth Letter, Tupelo Quarterly, and Crazyhorse. She has received a 2016 Pushcart Prize and the 2014 Gulf Coast Prize in poetry. Shirali was recognized as Bucknell University’s Philip Roth Resident at the Stadler Center for Poetry and serves as a poetry reader for Muzzle Magazine.  

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