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POETRY: Six by Elisa Gabbert

POETRY: Six by Elisa Gabbert

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About the Author

Elisa Gabbert, a poet and essayist, is the author of The Word Pretty; L’Heure Bleue, or the Judy Poems; The Self Unstable; and The French Exit. Her writing has appeared in the New Yorker, the New York Times, the New York Review of Books, the Paris Review, the Guardian and elsewhere.

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About The Commuter

The Commuter, arriving every Wednesday morning, is our home for poetry, flash prose, and graphic narrative. Sign up for The Commuter newsletter to get every issue straight to your inbox, or join our membership program for access to year-round submissions. EL’s lit mags are supported by the Amazon Literary Partnership Literary Magazine Fund and the Community of Literary Magazines & Presses, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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