Mary Angelino
Mary Angelino’s poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Best New Poets 2010, Hayden’s Ferry Review,32 Poems,Bellingham Review, and Nimrod, among others. In 2012, she received an Individual Artist Grant from the Arkansas Arts Council and her poem “Farmers’ Market” was featured in the documentary, Up Among the Hills: The Story of Fayetteville, narrated by Bill Clinton. Originally from Los Angeles, she now teaches English at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville where she earned her MFA.
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—for Dad Salvatore learns English from the movies where Charlton Heston holds the writhing Anne Baxter, a white actress made-up to look Egyptian and tragic. When she pulls away it means hold me closer, I don’t care if I’m caught. …