title: Spectacular Babies: New Writing
author: Karen Anderson
description: Karen Anderson is a member of the class. A poet from the USA she is in New Zealand on a Fulbright scholarship. Her work has appeared in the <I>Poetry Ireland Review, Columbia</I> and <I>Colorado Review</I> among others. Bill Manhire is one of New Zealand's best known and most lauded poets and short story writers.
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  Copyright © 2020 J.D. Fondry
  
  
    
  
  
  All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, distributed, or
  transmitted in any form, or by any means, without the prior written permission
  of the author, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical
  reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law. This
  book is a work of fiction and any resemblance to any person, living or dead,
  or any events or occurrences, is purely coincidental. The characters and story
  lines are created purely by the author’s imagination and are used
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  Editor: Emily A. Lawrence of Lawrence Editing
  
  
  Interior Formatting: Najla Qamber Designs
  
  
  Cover design: Najla Qamber Designs
  
  
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  Dedicated to little baby Wyatt.
  
  
  Just know that I loved you before I even met you.
  
  
  & don’t read this book until you’re 