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POETRY<br>Pantheon<br>by William Lessard

After Carson's Each Day Unexpected Salvation

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William Lessard is writer whose work has appeared in McSweeney's, NPR, Wired and Thought Catalog. He has performed at the New York Poetry Festival, KGB, Bronx Arts and BOOK SHOW in Los Angeles. He also won the first-annual "Bureaucratic Writing Contest" hosted by tNY.Press (formerly the Newer York). Follow him on Twitter at @YoDollaBill or catch one of his reviews on ENTROPY. 

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