Claire Polders

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    Woman of the Hour—Fifty Tales of Longing and Rebellion

    This collection will transport the reader from an Amsterdam canal to the Oaxacan coast, from a silt-streaked Venice to an imaginary world, from an Icelandic waterfall to a hall of mirrors. 

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    Closed Circle: New Flash Fiction in the Sunlight Press

    The others and I hike up the winding trail from the riverbank to the queen of glacial waterfalls. The canyon is steep and stark as though warning me for what’s to come. Forty-five meters high, a hundred meters wide, two…

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    The Cincinnati Review

    The Cincinnati Review published my story "Mirror" in their MiCRo series. I've been reading work from this series for years and was happy they selected this piece to include.

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