David Franks Week - poem by Andy Devine

And Birds Breakfast Eating in More Morning of the Wife

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Andy Devine’s alphabetical fiction and essays have appeared in a variety of literary magazines, including New York Tyrant, Unsaid, and Taint. In 2007, he published a chapbook, “As Day Same That the the Was Year” (Publishing Genius). WORDS (2010, Publishing Genius) is his first book. Andy Devine Avenue — in Flagstaff, Arizona — is named after him.