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Robert Bly is the author of more than thirty books of poetry, including the chapbook Holes the Crickets Have Eaten in Blankets, published by BOA in 1997.  As the editor of the magazine The Sixties (begun as The Fifties), Bly introduced many unknown European and South American poets to an American audience. He is also the editor of numerous collections and the author of a number of nonfiction books. 
For more information about Robert Bly, visit www.robertbly.com

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