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Destiny O. Birdsong

Destiny O. Birdsong is a Louisiana-born poet, fiction writer, and essayist. Her debut poetry collection, Negotiations, was published by Tin House Books in October 2020, and her debut novel is forthcoming from Grand Central in 2022. She earned both her MFA and PhD from Vanderbilt University, and now lives and works in Nashville.

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Poetry
If we can forget, we can move forward.
A man I’d like to love tells me this
about our country when the election results come in . . .

Harambe for President (2016 Write-In Ballot)

Destiny O. Birdsong

       

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