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Dessa Bayrock lives in Ottawa on the unceded territory of the Anishnaabeg and Algonquin peoples. She has a doctorate in Canadian literature and prizing and currently teaches English and the University of Ottawa. She was the editor of post ghost press for three years, has been on the editorial board or slush reader roster for half a dozen Canadian literature magazines, and has published three chapbooks. She is currently working on a Canada Council-funded collection of poems responding to the research question: what if we live in a simulation? You can find her, or at least more about her, at dessabayrock.com.

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	Is It About Ruins and Ghosts? 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Just Words Volume 4 by Alanna Rusnak (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michelle McLaughlin (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Haley Down (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Crown of Omnivorous Teeth: poems in honour of Chris Johnson and raccoons in general by Dessa Bayrock (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Cameron Anstee (Contributor), Manahil Bandukwala (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Half Mystic Journal Issue IV: Grazioso by Topaz Winters (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Devin Kelly (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Margaryta Golovchenko (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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