Narrow Valley

by Dara-lyn Shrager

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Dara-lyn Shrager

Dara-lyn Shrager is a poet and editor. She is the co-founder/editor of Radar Poetry. Her poetry collection, Whiskey, X-Ray, Yankee, was published by Barrow Street Books in 2018. Her poems appear or are forthcoming in many journals, including Crab Creek Review, Southern Humanities Review, Barn Owl Review, Pembroke Magazine, The Rupture and Nashville Review. Learn more at: www.daralynshrager.com and www.radarpoetry.com.

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