Pillow Talk
by Jeni Olin • from Hold Tight: The Truck Darling Poems • Hanging Loose Press
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Jeni OlinJeni Olin's work has appeared in The Portable Boog Reader, The Hat, LIT, Hanging Loose, and many other magazines.
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Hold Tight: The Truck Darling Poems"Olin’s voice is both raw and strangely accommodating." (John Ashbery)
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