Scarlet Tanager manslaughter American Cardinal arson Red-winged Blackbird aggravated battery Mockingbird perjury American Woodcock indecent exposure Brown Creeper solicitation Ring-necked Pheasant pandering Lesser Prairie Chicken prostitution American Crow disturbing the peace Red-bellied Woodpecker vandalism Turkey Vulture burglary Bald Eagle blackmail Indigo Bunting embezzlement Ruby-throated Hummingbird resisting arrest
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Kyle Churney’s poetry has appeared in Salt Hill, The Journal, and other publications, and his essays have been published in the Chicago Tribune. He is a recipient of a Literary Award from the Illinois Arts Council and a fellowship from the MacDowell Colony. A native of rural Illinois, he lives in Chicago, where he teaches at a community college and is working on his first poetry collection, Elsewhere.
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