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Shes received fellowships from the sewanee writers conference, the macdowell colony, the mid atlantic arts foundation, virginia center for the creative arts, and the atlantic center for the arts. Midnight voices by deborah ager may, 2011 by serena midnight voices by deborah ager, published by small press cherry grove collections, is a collection that gives voice to the thoughts, the events, and the split seconds before tragedy or fateful decisions are made that are only heard in. Her collection, midnight voices, was published in 2009. Lauded poet and editor to present poetry reading in cowles. Shes received fellowships from the macdowell colony, virginia center for the creative arts, the atlantic center for the arts, and sewanee writers conference. Poetry prize, judged by edward hirsch, and will be published in march 2009 by wordtech. Deborah ager is the author of the poetry collection midnight voices.
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