Derek Furr

Derek Furr is the author of two mixed-genre collections, Suite For Three Voices and Semitones, and a book of literary criticism on poetry and performance. He grew up in rural North Carolina, taught public school in Virginia, and lives now with his family in the Hudson Valley, where he teaches literature and directs the MAT Program at Bard College.

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Best American Essays 2021*

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