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Brenda Shaughnessy
Brenda Shaughnessy is the Okinawan-Irish American author of six books of poetry, including The Octopus Museum and Our Andromeda. The recipient of a 2018 Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a professor of English and creative writing at Rutgers University-Newark, Shaughnessy lives with her family in New Jersey. Shaughnessy’s latest collection, Tanya, pays tribute to the women artists and mentors who have shaped her life and work.