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    Vampires & Underwires
    Vampires & Underwires
    Vampires & Underwires
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    Vampires & Underwires

    By Krista Gromalski

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    The poetry of Vampires & Underwires — Gromalski's second Ebook — coveys a dark humor, born of solitude and excessive sessions with Boys for Pele, to delve the abyss of desire and loss. Includes an Ebook Bonus preview of Tomato a.m.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHeron's Eye Communications
    Release dateAug 7, 2011
    ISBN9780983742418
    Vampires & Underwires
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    Krista Gromalski

    Krista Gromalski is a writer and co-founder of Heron’s Eye Communications. She is a native of Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania, Schuylkill County — the heart of the anthracite coal region — and currently lives in Pike County near the Upper Delaware River. She is pursuing her M.A. in Sustainable Business and Communities at Goddard College.

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