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Oliver Baez Bendorf

Oliver Baez Bendorf
Oliver Baez Bendorf is the author of three books of poetry, including Consider the Rooster, a finalist for the 2024 National Book Critics Circle Award. He is currently writing and teaching in exile. Learn more at www.oliverbaezbendorf.com.


After the Rooster Crows: Dispatch from a Poet in Exile

Oliver Baez Bendorf: “There are moments when a place you live stops being livable. Sometimes that arrives slowly, like a leak. Sometimes all at once.”
May 5, 2025  By Oliver Baez Bendorf
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