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  <name><![CDATA[Shaindel Beers]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Shaindel Beers’ poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies. She is currently a professor of English at Blue Mountain Community College in Pendleton, Oregon, in Eastern Oregon’s high desert and also serves as Poetry Editor of Contrary. A Brief History of Time is her first full-length book. 

Prizes:First place Karen Fredericks and Frances Willitts Poetry Prize (2008) Grand Prize Co-winner Trellis Magazine sestina contest (2008) First place Dylan Days Poetry Competition (2007) Award-winning poem published, Eleventh Muse (2006) Honorable mention, Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Awards (2005) Honorable mention, Juniper Creek/Unnamed Writers Award (2005) Pushcart nominated poem “A Brief History of Time” (2004) Award-winning poem published, The Prelude (1999) ]]></about>  <influences><![CDATA[Anne Sexton, Richard Jackson, Anne Carson, Eavan Boland]]></influences>    <hometown>South Bend, Indiana</hometown>  <born_at>03/23/1977</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[A Brief History of Time]]></title>
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  <published>2008</published>  
  
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