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112 • cooling board a long-playing poem Mitchell L. H. Douglas •••••••• biOGrAPHiCAL NOTE Mitchell L. H. Douglas’ poetry has appeared in Callaloo, Crab Orchard Review, and the anthologies The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South (University of Georgia Press), America! What’s My Name? (Wind Press), and Zoland Poetry Volume II (Zoland Books) among others. He was named a finalist for the Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize in 2007 and nominated for a Puschart Prize in 2006. A founding member of the Affrilachian Poets, a Cave Canem fellow, and Poetry Editor for PLUCK!: The Journal of Affrilachian Arts & Culture. Cooling Board: A Long-Playing Poem, is his debut collection. Photo credit David flores ...

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