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Susan McLean

Susan McLean has published two books of poetry, The Best Disguise and The Whetstone Misses the Knife, as well as a book of translations of Martial’s Latin poems, Selected Epigrams. Her third poetry book, Daylight Losing Time, is forthcoming from Able Muse Press. She lives in Iowa City. 

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O mono-Moon, / who throws cold frowns on fools who woo, / O mono-Moon. . . .

My Mother and the Mysteries

After her diagnosis, she devours / whodunits at Olympic speed. Although / she snubbed e-books before, at night for hours / she swipes through mysteries by the Kindle’s glow. . . .