The “parasite” in the titular poem that haunts Hadara Bar-Nadav’s The Animal Is Chemical, selected…
Valerie Bandura
Valerie Bandura is the author of Human Interest and Freak Show, both published by Black Lawrence Press. Her third book-in-progress is Not Done With the Dead. Her poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, Ploughshares, Gettysburg Review, and elsewhere. She teaches writing at Arizona State University.