Provincetown Fourth
by Seth Abramson • from Poetry
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Seth Abramson
Seth Abramson is the author of the forthcoming collection The Suburban Ecstasies. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School, a former public defender, and is currently attending the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
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