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Leslie Adrienne Miller is the author of six collections of poetry; her most recent release is titled simply "Y." A Professor of English at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Miller explores motherhood and child development, informed by both science and linguistics.

 along with fellow poets Roseann Lloyd and Kate Lynn Hibbard. Here's the title poem from Miller's latest collection:

Perhaps it's a thread that needs to be pulled,

frizzy blot of genetic code directing the symphony

line up these similar patches of genetic sequence,

- "Y" by Leslie Adrienne Miller, from her collection of the same name, published by 

. Reprinted here with permission from the publisher.

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Miller reads Thursday night at SubText in St. Paul.

Mn poetry: ‘Y’ by Leslie Adrienne Miller

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