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CHARLES BAUDELAIRE (1821–1867) was a French poet and essayist. His collection of prose poems Le spleen de Paris—also titled Petits poèmes en prose—was published in 1869.

JAMEL BRINKLEY is the author of A Lucky Man: Stories.

SUSAN MARGARET BROWN is a translator and literary critic. She has translated such writers as Antonio Osorio and Fernando Pessoa. Her work appears in The Broome Street Review, Dispatches, and .

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