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Lauren Henley

L.I. HENLEY hails from the Mojave Desert. A mixed-media artist, doll maker, and writer, her books include Starshine Road (Perugia Press Prize, 2017) and the desert gothic, Whole Night Through. Her art, poetry, and prose have appeared most recently in Adroit, Brevity, The Diagram, Calyx, Ninth Letter, and The Los Angeles Review. Her personal essays have been awarded the Arts & Letters/Susan Atefat Prize and the Robert and Adele Schiff Award. She is the creator of Paper Dolls & Books. And yes, she talks to her paper dolls and they sometimes talk back. Visit her at www.lihenley.com.

Speaks the Dark Lobe
by L. I. Henley

March 13, 2023 Contributed By: Edward Lee, Lauren Henley

On the right, a spiraled green horizontal line on a dark background.

Speaks the Dark Lobe  The dog is no use now that he’s dead.  And here I am without porch light, without moonlight.                                                                    […]

Filed Under: Featured Poetry, Poetry Posted On: March 13, 2023

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