Marlys West is an American poet and writer. She received her MFA from the James A. Michener Center for Writers at the

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, and was a Hodder Fellow at

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. She also received a grant from the

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. Her first book of poems titled ''Notes for a Late-Blooming Martyr'' was published by the University of Akron Press. She has had work published in many literary journals and magazines;www.marlyswest.com
/ref> her work has also appeared in the anthology series ''

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''.

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