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Cynthia Rylant

Portland, Oregon

Cynthia Rylant is the author of Waiting to Waltz (2001) and Ludle's Life (2006). Her poetry has been published in former U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser's column, "American Life in Poetry." She lives in Oregon.

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By Cynthia Rylant

Column 101

Wax Lips