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Christopher Salerno was born and raised in New Jersey and currently lives in Raleigh, NC.
His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in journals such as: Colorado Review, Jubilat,
Electronic Poetry Review, AGNI-online, Spinning Jenny, Forklift Ohio, LIT, GoodFoot,
Barrow Street, River City, Carolina Quarterly, and in the anthology, “The Bedside Guide To
No Tell Motel." He currently teaches in the English Department at North Carolina State University.