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Matthew Rotando received
an MFA in poetry

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from the City University of New
York and a Fulbright Foundation

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grant.

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Next fall, he will complete
his PhD in English literature

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from the University of Arizona.

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His poems appear in
various journals including

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most recently Askew and Eoagh.

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Professor of English
literature and creative writing

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at SUNY Nassau
Community College,

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he's the author of a
collection of poems entitled

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The Comeback's Exoskeleton.

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He's also a member of POG,
a collective of artists

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and poets in Tucson.

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