Ann Pedone
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—From The Oyster
And you whispered, all the raw materials in the number four hundred
And seventy three are fucking with me. Rain clocks, and the backwoods
Eroticism of my left hand resting here on this plate of glass
O baggage carrousel
O overly loaded signifier
How the man in the hallway is so determined to reconstruct Proto Indo-European in his own image
But with duct-taped mouth, and a very personal kind of rash
No one can teach a man how to Roman Empire, but I would give anything to spend the
Rest of my life with him
Ann is the author of The Medea Notebooks, The Italian Professor’s Wife, The Best Kind of Love (If a Leaf Falls Press, 2025), as well as numerous chapbooks. Her poetry, non-fiction, and reviews have been published widely. Her project “Liz” was a finalist for the 2024 Four Way Books Levis Prize. Ann graduated from Bard College and has a master’s degree in Chinese Language and Literature from UC Berkeley. She is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of antiphony: a journal & small press.
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