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Persea

A Review of Gateway to Paradise by Matthew Vollmer

September 12, 2016

Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons

(New York, NY: Persea Books, 2015) Every year in May, millions of students at thousands of high schools around the world take Advanced Placement (AP) Exams. Considering you are the type of person who has stopped surfing the net to read … Continued

A Review of Clean by Kate Northrop

July 30, 2015

Ryan Romine

(New York, NY: Persea, 2011) One blistery spring evening last year, I wandered into the Free Library of Philadelphia for a poetry reading. It was Monday. I sat between a throng of grad students and a pair of office workers, attempting to … Continued

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