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Christopher Bakken is the author of four books of poetry, most recently DRIVING THE BEAST (a Sewanee Poetry selection from LSU Press). He is also the author of the culinary memoir HONEY, OLIVES, OCTOPUS.

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    Christopher Bakken is the author of four books of poetry, most recently DRIVING THE BEAST (a Sewanee Poetry selection from LSU Press). He is also the author of the culinary memoir HONEY, OLIVES, OCTOPUS.

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