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This week’s Poetry Corner features three poets whose work appears in the book, “The Wind Shifts.” David Dominguez’s full-length collection of poems, “Work Done Right,” was published by the University of Arizona Press, 2003. He teaches composition and poetry writing at Reedley College. His poem, Roof appears in “The Wind Shifts,” an anthology of new Latino poetry published by University of Arizona Press. Adela Najarro holds a doctorate degree in literature and creative writing from Western Michigan University, as well as a master of fine arts degree from Vermont College. She currently teaches at Cabrillo College as part of the Puente Project, a program designed to support Latinidad in all its aspects, while preparing community college students to transfer to four-year colleges and universities. She lives in Santa Cruz. John Olivares Espinoza’s poetry has been published in various journals, anthologies, and chapbooks. Bilingual Press will publish his first full-length collection of poems, “The Date Fruit Elegies,” this summer. A native of Southern California, Olivares received his master of fine arts degree from Arizona State University and currently teaches writing and literature at The National Hispanic University in San Jose.

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