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              (Summer 1998) 
            Larry 
              D. Griffin is Professor of English and Dean of Arts and Sciences 
              at Dyersburg State Community College, Dyersburg, Tennessee. His 
              books of poetry include New Fires (1982), The Blue Water 
              Tower (1984), and Airspace (1989). 
            The 
              Rains of September 
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