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Interview with Ariel Francisco

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...the hurricane somewhere out in the Atlantic, spinning itself into nothingness, dissipating under its own destructive power.      � from �Post Hurricane Miami,�     Ariel Francisco The above photo and the following bio were found on the poet's website:   https://arielfranciscopoetry.wordpress.com Ariel Francisco is the author of All My Heroes Are Broke (C&R Press, 2017) and  Before Snowfall, After Rain (Glass Poetry Press, 2016). Born in the Bronx to Dominican and Guatemalan parents, he was raised in Miami and completed his MFA at Florida International University. Ariel Francisco is a first generation American poet of Dominican and Guatemalan descent. He is currently completing his MFA at Florida International University where he is the editor-in-chief of Gulf Stream Literary Magazine and also the winner of an Academy of American Poets Prize. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Gulf Coast, Tupelo Quarterly, Washington Square ,...

Review of Ariel Francisco's Before Snowfall, After Rain

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Before Snowfall, After Rain by Ariel Francisco Glass Poetry Press, 2016 http://www.glass-poetry.com/ ISBN: 978-0-9975805-0-1 23 pages The following bio was found on the poet's website:   https://arielfranciscopoetry.wordpress.com Ariel Francisco is the author of All My Heroes Are Broke (C&R Press, 2017) and   Before Snowfall, After Rain (Glass Poetry Press, 2016). Born in the Bronx to Dominican and Guatemalan parents, he was raised in Miami and completed his MFA at Florida International University. Ariel Francisco is a first generation American poet of Dominican and Guatemalan descent. He is currently completing his MFA at Florida International University where he is the editor-in-chief of Gulf Stream Literary Magazine and also the winner of an Academy of American Poets Prize. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Gulf Coast, Tupelo Quarterly, Washington Square , and elsewhere.   __________ I've never met Ariel Francisco . When poet friend, Kate Fadick's...