David B. Prather is the author of We Were Birds (Main Street Rag Publishing, 2019). His second collection, Bending Light with Bare Hands, will be published by Fernwood Press. His work has appeared in many journals, including Prairie Schooner, Colorado Review, North Dakota Quarterly, Potomac Review, and Sheila-Na-Gig. He studied acting at the National Shakespeare Conservatory and writing at Warren Wilson College. He lives in Parkersburg, WV.

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