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In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Ciro Faienza presents Stephanie Jean's “Recommendation.”



Stephanie Jean is the winner of BOMB’s Biennial Poetry Contest. She is a Cave Canem Fellow and a member of the NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program. Her poems have appeared in the Journal of Poetics Research, [PANK], and The Southampton Review.
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