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Shari Wagner

Westfield, Indiana

Shari Wagner is the author of three poetry books: The Farm Wife's Almanac (Cascadia, 2019), The Harmonist at Nightfall: Poems of Indiana (Bottom Dog Press, 2013), and Evening Chore (Cascadia, 2005). She earned an MFA from Indiana University. She was named Indiana State Poet Laureate for 2016-2017.

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