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Harley Claes is a Filipino prose poet, perfume maker, and novelist from Detroit, Michigan. Her work is oftentimes anachronistic, mystical, philosophical and holy erotic. She also happens to run the Beat-inspired zine ANGELICAL RAVINGS. Her first self-published anthology is titled 'Pity The Poetics' and her work has appeared or is forthcoming in 18+ literary journals. You can find her at http://harleyclaes.com