Body to Body

by Greg Djanikian

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This piece is part of our Fall 2018 print issue.

Greg Djanikian

Gregory Djanikian has published six collections of poetry with Carnegie Mellon, the latest of which is Dear Gravity. His poems have most recently appeared or are forthcoming in The Adroit Journal, The Atlanta Review, The Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review, The Florida Review, Juxtaprose, New Ohio Review, and Poet Lore, and they are included in many anthologies and textbooks. He teaches in the creative writing program at the University of Pennsylvania.

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