Beneath Occluded Shine
In her chapbook, Claudia responds to Pablo Neruda’s questions, exploring the landscape of life and death in poetic meditations. In the process of answering Neruda’s questions, she raises her own for the reader to ponder.

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Language You Refuse to Learn
Explores the immigrant experience, detailing her ancestors' arrival from Poland. Through her poems, the intimate and personal expands into the universal, touching on what affects us all


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Claudia Stanek‘s work has been turned into a libretto, been part of an art exhibition, and been translated into Polish. Her poems exist online, in print, and in her chapbook, Language You Refuse to Learn. She holds an MFA from Bennington College. Her most recent chapbook, Beneath Occluded Shine, is now available for pre-sale.

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