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William Slaughter
Poet and Editor

William Slaughter is editor of Mudlark, an electronic journal of poetry and poetics, and author of The Politics of My Heart and Untold Stories, books of poems and essays. His work has been published in magazines across the globe, including Poetry and Exquisite Corpse in the United States; Malahat Review, Prism International, and Fiddlehead in Canada; Critical Quarterly (England), Poetry Australia, Frank (France), and People’s Daily in China. He currently teaches at the University of North Florida, has had Fulbrights to China and Egypt, and has taught at the Florida State University London Study Center.

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