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Eric Boyd lives in Pittsburgh. He is a winner of a PEN Prison Writing Award. His work has been published by Joyland, Flock, Guernica, and The Offing, as well as the anthologies Prison Noir (Askashic) and Words Without Walls (Trinity University). He is the editor of The Pittsburgh Anthology (Belt Publishing).

Boyd briefly studied at Maharishi International University in Fairfield, Iowa before receiving an MFA from The Writer’s Foundry in Brooklyn, New York.

Boyd is currently working on a novel about modern-day freight train hoppers.

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“Now to Giant Eagle for some Great Lakes Christmas Ale and snacks, spend a while goofing on difficult chips-and-salsa choices before deciding on Tostito’s “cantina-style” all around, then drive the 30 yards to the state store where you check the vodka selection even though you brought a gift bottle of Śliwowica and they have nothing of interest anyway, no good Polish vods and you know American Żubrówka is a poor heavy-chemical substitute.”
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“There are some sounds only dogs can hear,” Bix said when he was philosophically stoned, a metaphor for himself and other artists too deep to be understood by the average human.”
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“Oh, you’re from Pittsburgh,” he rather suspiciously intoned. “You sound concerned,” I replied.”
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