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A L I T E R A R Y J O U R N A L
Lorrie Lykins
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Lorrie Lykins is a correspondent with the Tampa Bay Times in St. Petersburg, Florida, where she also teaches journalism and creative nonfiction at Eckerd College. A 2012 Pushcart Prize nominee, she has recently published nonfiction essays in Prime Number Magazine and the forthcoming (spring, 2014) anthology, "Red, White & True: The American Military Story from WWII to Present," University of Nebraska Press. She earned her M.F.A. in creative writing from Queens University of Charlotte.
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