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⤏ EXCERPT FROM COMPUTER ROOM (2020)
⤏ BY RHIANNON MCGAVIN
⤏ PUBLISHED OCTOBER 2020
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⤏ RHIANNON MCGAVIN (SHE/HER) HAS FAILED THE DRIVER’S LICENSE TEST THREE TIMES SO FAR. HER WORK HAS BEEN PUBLISHED BY TIA CHUCHA PRESS, CURA, AND TEEN VOGUE, AS WELL AS FEATURED ON BUTTON POETRY. SHE IS THE 2019 RECIPIENT OF THE FRED AND EDITH HERMAN MEMORIAL PRIZE FROM THE ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS. RHIANNON WAS THE YOUTH POET LAUREATE OF LOS ANGELES IN 2016, AND CURRENTLY STUDIES LITERATURE AT UCLA. HER FIRST POETRY COLLECTION BRANCHES IS AVAILABLE FROM NOT A CULT, WITH HER SECOND BOOK GROCERY LIST POEMS FORTHCOMING IN 2021. YOU CAN FIND HER ON INSTAGRAM AND TWITTER @RHIANNONMCGAVIN, AND ON YOUTUBE @THEGEEKYBLONDE BECAUSE SHE MADE THAT ACCOUNT WHEN SHE WAS 12 AND THE WEBSITE WON’T LET HER CHANGE IT, SORRY!