

The Mighty Kings of At Last:
Gene Tanta
| Yes, puppy dogs are cute and yours is no exception, madam. you may not like it, you may not like it but a quite screw Tongues are in the open mouths of fire and sharp the crossed-out stars that just won't quit. there, I stir and question mark the ashes Specks fall on our shoulders, light enters our flesh See, I like you just fine; it's the wife with the scimitar
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Gene Tanta was born in Timisoara, Romania in 1974 and immigrated to Chicago in 1984 with family. He has earned his MFA from the Iowa's Writers' Workshop in 2000. He also translates contemporary Romanian poetry and is a practicing visual artist. Publications include: Epoch, Ploughshares, Circumference Magazine, Exquisite Corpse, Watchword, Columbia Poetry Review, and two collaborative poems with Reginald Shepherd in Indiana Review. Currently, he is a Ph.D. student in Creative Writing at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.