Spoon to the Sky
by Stacie Cassarino • from Zero at the Bone • New Issues Poetry & Prose
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Stacie CassarinoStacie Cassarino is a recipient of the “Discovery”/The Nation prize and the Astraea Foundation Writer’s Fund, a finalist for the Rona Jaffe Writers’ Award, and nominee twice for the Pushcart Prize.
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Zero at the Bone"Her great pre-occupation is with the vulnerability of human relationships, but as the title of the book suggests, Cassarino is fearless in her explorations of the risks."
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